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GENERAL INDEX
GENERAL INDEX
Abel, Anne H., monograph on Indian consolidation, =4=, 541 _n._
Adair, John, and Burr Conspiracy, =3=, 291, 292, 314;
career, 292 _n._, 336 _n._;
Wilkinson's letter to, 314, 336;
arrested by Wilkinson, 335, 336, 337 _n._;
suit against Wilkinson, 336 _n._;
brought to Baltimore, released, 344;
statement, 488 _n._;
and Green _vs._ Biddle, =4=, 381.
Adams, Abijah, trial, =3=, 44-46.
Adams, Henry, on M. in Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 458;
on Pickering impeachment, =3=, 143;
on isolation of Burr, 280;
on Burr and Merry, 289;
on American law of treason, 401 _n._;
on impressment, =4=, 8 _n._;
on causes of War of 1812, 29 _n._
Adams, John, on drinking, =1=, 23 _n._;
library, 25;
on Philadelphia campaign, 102;
belittles Washington (1778), 123 _n._;
story of expected kingship, 291;
on American and French revolutions, =2=, 2 _n._;
and title for President, 36;
on Hamilton's financial genius, 61 _n._;
and policy of neutrality, 92;
M. on, 214;
on M., 218;
address to Congress on French affairs (1797), French demand of
withdrawal of it, 225, 226, 316;
appointment of X. Y. Z. Mission, 226-29;
and X. Y. Z. dispatches, 336, 338;
offers M. Associate Justiceship, 347, 378, 379;
Federalist toast to, 349 _n._;
statement of French policy (1798), 351;
and M.'s journal of mission, 366;
M. on foreign policy, 403;
and prosecutions under Sedition Law, 421;
reopening of French negotiations, political result, 422-28;
pardons Fries insurrectionists, political effect, 429-31, =3=, 36;
absence from Capital, =2=, 431, 493;
address to Congress (1799), 433;
M.'s reply of House, 433-36;
Jonathan Robins case, 458-75;
disruption of Cabinet, 485-88;
temperament contrasted with Washington's, 486, 488;
appointment of M. as Secretary of State, 486, 489-93;
Republican comment on reorganized Cabinet, 491, 494;
pardon of Williams, 495;
and Bowles in Florida, 497;
and British debts dispute, 503, 505;
and possible failure of new French negotiations, 522;
M. writes address to Congress (1800), 530, 531;
eulogy by _Washington Federalist_, 532 _n._;
and enlargement of Federal Judiciary, 547;
and Chief Justiceship, appointment of M., 552-54, 558;
continues M. as Secretary of State, 558;
midnight appointments, 559-62, =3=, 57, 110;
magnanimous appointment of Wolcott, =2=, 559, 560;
Jefferson and midnight appointments, =3=, 21;
Republican seditious utterances, 30, 33, 37, 42 _n._;
and subpoena, 33, 86;
and partisan appointments, 81;
on Bayard's Judiciary speech (1802), 82;
on John Randolph, 171;
and Chase, 211 _n._;
and M's biography of Washington, 257;
on his situation as President, 258 _n._;
biography of Washington on, 263 _n._;
on Embargo controversy, =4=, 15;
on banking mania, 176, 178;
in Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1820), 471.
_See also_ Elections (1800).
Adams, John Q., Publicola papers, =2=, 15-19;
on vandalism of French Revolution, 32 _n._;
on American support of French Revolution, 39;
on economic division on policy of neutrality, 97 _n._;
on dangers of war with England (1795), 110 _n._, 112 _n._;
on necessity of neutrality, 119 _n._;
Minister to Prussia, 229 _n._;
on France and American politics, 279 _n._;
on Washington streets (1818), =3=, 5;
on Federalist defeat, 12;
on impeachment plans (1804), 157-60, 173;
on impeachment of Pickering, 166, 167;
on articles of impeachment against Chase, 172;
on Chase trial, 190 _n._, 191 _n._;
on Randolph's speech at trial, 216 _n._;
votes to acquit Chase, 218;
on Burr's farewell address, 274 _n._;
on Wilkinson, 341 _n._;
on Eaton's story on Burr, 345;
on Swartwout and Bollmann trial, 346;
report on Burr conspiracy and trial, 541-44;
report and courtship of administration, 541 _n._;
later support of M., 542 _n._;
on Giles's speech on report, 544;
and Yazoo claims, attorney in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 582, 585, 586;
and Justiceship, =4=, 110;
on crisis of 1819, 205;
M. and election of 1828, 462-65;
on Georgia-Cherokee controversy, 543.
Adams, Mrs. John Q., drawing room, =4=, 461.
Adams, Samuel, and Ratification, =1=, 348.
Adams, Thomas, sedition, =3=, 44.
Addison, Alexander, charge on Sedition Act, =2=, 385 _n._;
and British precedents, =3=, 28 _n._;
as judge, denounces Republicans, 46;
on the stump, 47;
on declaring acts void, 117;
impeachment, 164.
Admiralty, M. on unfairness of British courts, =2=, 511, 512;
Story as authority, =4=, 119;
jurisdiction in Territories, 142-44.
_See also_ International law; Prize.
_Adventure_ and Her Cargo case, =4=, 119.
Agriculture, M. on French (1797), =2=, 267;
M.'s interest, =4=, 63.
Albany Plan, =1=, 9 _n._
Alexander, James, and Burr conspiracy, arrested, =3=, 334;
freed, 343.
Alexandria, Va., tribute to M., =4=, 592.
_Alexandria Advertiser_, campaign virulence (1800), =2=, 529 _n._
Alien and Sedition Acts, fatality, =2=, 361;
provisions, 381;
Hamilton on danger in, 382;
Federalist attempts to defend, 382;
Republican assaults, unconstitutionality, 383;
Washington's defense, 384, 385;
Addison's charge, 385;
M.'s views of expediency, 386, 388, 389, 577;
Federalists and M.'s views, 389-94, 406;
M. on motives of Virginia Republicans, 394, 407;
Jefferson's plan of attack, 397, 399;
Kentucky Resolutions, 397-99;
Virginia Resolutions, 399, 400;
Madison's address of Virginia Legislature, 400, 401;
M.'s address of the minority of the Legislature, 402-06;
M. on constitutionality, 404;
Virginia military measures, 406, 408;
prosecutions, conduct of Federalist judges, 420, 421, =3=, 29-43,
86, 189-96, 202-05, 214;
repeal of section, M.'s vote, =2=, 451;
as issue (1800), 520, 521;
State trials, =3=, 43-47;
resulting issues, 47-49;
M.'s position quoted by Republicans, 106.
Allbright, Jacob, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 425-27, 465, 488.
Allegiance. _See_ Expatriation; Naturalization.
Allen, Nathaniel, Granville heirs case, =4=, 154.
Alston, Aaron Burr, death, =3=, 538 _n._
Alston, Joseph, at trial of Burr, =3=, 479, 481.
Alston, Theodosia (Burr), and trial of father, =3=, 381, 479;
death, 538 _n._
Ambler, Edward, courtship, =1=, 150 _n._;
country place, 164 _n._
Ambler, Eliza, on Arnold's invasion, =1=, 144 _n._
_See also_ Carrington, Eliza.
Ambler, Jacquelin, career, =1=, 149, 160;
and M., 170;
and M.'s election to Council of State, 209 _n._;
M.'s neighbor, =2=, 172.
Ambler, John, wealth, =1=, 166;
marries M.'s sister, 166 _n._;
grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Ambler, Mary Willis, family, =1=, 148-50;
meeting with M., 151, 152;
courtship, 153, 159, 160, 163;
marriage, 165, 166.
_See also_ Marshall, Mary W.
Ambler, Richard, immigrant, =1=, 165.
_Amelia_ case, =3=, 16, 17.
Amendment of constitutions, M.'s idea, =1=, 216.
Amendment of Federal Constitution,
demand for previous, =1=, 245, 405, 412, 418, 423, 428;
expected, 251;
proposed by Massachusetts, 348;
Randolph's support of recommendatory, 377, 378;
method, in Ratification debate, 389;
Virginia contest over recommendatory, 468-75;
character of Virginia recommendations, 477;
history of first ten amendments, =2=, 57-59;
Eleventh, 84 _n._, =3=, 554, =4=, 354, 385, 387-91;
proposals caused by Jay Treaty, =2=, 141-43;
Twelfth, 533 _n._;
proposed, on removal of judges, =3=, 167, 221, 389;
proposed, for recall of Senators, =3=, 221;
proposed, to restrict appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court,
=4=, 323, 325, 371, 378;
proposed, to limit judicial tenure, 517 _n._
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, M.'s membership, =4=, 89.
American Colonization Society, M. and, =4=, 473-76.
American Insurance Co. _vs._ Canter, right of annexation, territorial
government, =3=, 148 _n._, =4=, 142-44.
American Philosophical Society, M.'s membership, =4=, 89.
American Revolution,
influence of Bacon's Rebellion and Braddock's defeat, =1=, 6, 9;
Virginia and Stamp Act, 61-65;
Virginia Resolutions for Arming and Defense (1775), 65, 66;
preparation in back-country Virginia, 69-74;
Dunmore's Norfolk raid, battle of Great Bridge, 74-79;
condition of the army, militia, 80-88, 92;
effect of State sovereignty, 82, 88-90, 100, 146;
Brandywine campaign, 92-98;
campaign before Philadelphia, 98-102;
Germantown, 102-04;
desperate state, 104, 105;
final movements before Philadelphia, 105-07;
efforts to get Washington to abandon cause, 105, 130, 131;
Philadelphia during British occupation, 108-10;
Valley Forge, 110-20, 131;
treatment of prisoners, 115;
Washington as sole dependence, 121, 124;
Conway Cabal, 121-23;
Washington and weakness of Congress, 124-26, 131;
Jefferson accused of shirking, 126-30;
French alliance, relaxing effect, 133, 138, 143;
Monmouth campaign, 134-38;
Stony Point, 138-42;
Pawles Hook, 142;
Arnold in Virginia, Jefferson's conduct, 143;
depreciated currency and prices, 167-69;
influence on France, =2=, 1;
M.'s biography of Washington on, =3=, 244, 245, 253-56.
_See also_ Continental Congress.
Ames, Fisher, on democratic societies, =2=, 40;
on contest over funding, 61 _n._;
on contest over National Capital, 63 _n._;
on lack of national feeling, 67, 74;
on Republican discipline, 81;
on British-debts cases, 83 _n._;
on crisis with England (1794), 109;
on Giles, 129;
and M. (1796), 198, 199;
on effect of X. Y. Z. dispatches, 341;
attack on M.'s views of Alien and Sedition Acts, 390;
on reopening of French negotiations, 423, 426-28;
on Adams's temperament, 489 _n._;
on Adams's advances to Republicans (1800), 519;
on advance of Republicans, 519;
on attack on standing army, 520 _n._;
on character of parties, 521 _n._;
opposition to Adams, 527;
on campaign virulence of newspapers, 530;
on resumption of European war, =3=, 14;
on Jefferson and Judiciary, 53;
and secession, 53 _n._, 97, 98 _n._;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, 94;
on Louisiana Purchase, 150;
on Chase impeachment, 174;
on Yazoo lands, 568;
as British partisan, =4=, 5;
and M.'s logic, 85.
Ames, Nathaniel, attack on Washington, =2=, 117 _n._
Amory, Rufus G., practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Amsterdam, decline of trade (1797), =2=, 233.
Amusements, in colonial Virginia, =1=, 22;
of period of Confederation, 283;
M.'s diversions, =2=, 182-85, =4=, 66, 76-80.
Anarchy, spirit, =1=, 275, 284, 285, 289;
as spirit of Shays's Rebellion, 299, 300;
Jefferson's defense, 302-04.
_See also_ Government.
Ancestry, M.'s, =1=, 9-18.
Anderson, John E., pamphlet on Yazoo lands, =3=, 573 _n._
Anderson, Joseph, of Smith committee, =3=, 541 _n._
Anderson, Richard, and Mary Ambler, =1=, 164.
André, John, in Philadelphia society, =1=, 110.
Andrews, ----, and Jay Treaty, =2=, 132.
Andrews, Robert, professor at William and Mary, =1=, 155 _n._
Annapolis Convention, and commercial regulation, =4=, 422.
Annexation, constitutionality, =3=, 147, =4=, 143.
_Antelope_ case, =4=, 476.
Antwerp, trade (1797), =2=, 233;
M. on conditions, 246, 247.
Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court over State acts, =4=, 156-67,
347-57;
proposed measures to restrict or repeal, 323, 325, 371, 379, 380,
514-17.
_See also_ Declaring acts void; Supreme Court.
Aristocracy, of colonial Virginia, =1=, 25-27;
after the Revolution, 277.
Armed Neutrality, M.'s biography of Washington on, =3=, 255.
Armstrong, John, and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 168 _n._;
and St. Cloud Decree, =4=, 37.
Army, condition of Revolutionary, =1=, 80-86, 92;
sickness, 86, 116;
discipline, 87, 120;
lack of training, 88 _n._;
lack of equipment, 97, 99;
at Valley Forge, 110-20, 131, 132;
improved commissary, 133;
Steuben's instruction, 133;
size (1778), 138 _n._;
light infantry, 139 _n._;
arguments during Ratification on standing, 334, 342, 346, 389,
435, 477;
Washington commands (1798), =2=, 357, =3=, 258 _n._;
M. and officers for, =2=, 420;
debate on reduction (1800), 436, 439, 476-81;
as issue (1800), 520.
_See also_ Preparedness.
Arnold, Benedict, invasion of Virginia, =1=, 143;
M.'s biography of Washington on, =3=, 255.
Assumption of State debts, contest, =2=, 61-64;
opposition in Virginia, 62, 65-69;
question of constitutionality, 66;
political results, 82.
_Atalanta_ case, =4=, 142 _n._
Athletics, M.'s prowess, =1=, 73, 118, 132.
Attainder, Philips case, =1=, 393, 398, 411.
Attorney-General, M. declines office, =2=, 122, 123;
Henry declines, 125;
Breckenridge as, =3=, 58 _n._;
Wirt as, =4=, 239.
Augereau, Pierre F. C., and 18th Fructidor, =2=, 246 _n._
_Augusta Chronicle_, on Yazoo frauds, =3=, 561.
_Aurora_, abuse of Washington, =2=, 162, 163;
on M.'s appointment to X. Y. Z. Mission, 218, 219;
and X. Y. Z. dispatches, 337, 338;
on M.'s reception, 345, 351;
on Addison's charge on Sedition Act, 385 _n._;
Curtius letters on M., 395, 396;
on pardon of Fries, 430 _n._;
on M. and powers of territorial Governor, 446 _n._;
and Disputed Elections Bill, 454;
on Jonathan Robins case, 460, 471-73;
on M.'s appointment as Secretary of State, 489-91;
on the reorganized Cabinet, 491;
attack on Pickering, 491 _n._;
on new French negotiations, 522 _n._;
campaign virulence (1800), 529 _n._;
on Mazzei letter, 538 _n._;
on Judiciary Bill, 549 _n._, 555, 561 _n._;
on M.'s appointment as Chief Justice, 556;
on Judiciary, =3=, 159 _n._;
attack on M. during Burr trial, 532-35.
Austen, Jane, M. as reader, =4=, 79.
Babcock, Kendric C., on Federalists and War of 1812, =4=, 48 _n._
Bache, Benjamin F., attacks on Washington, =2=, 93 _n._
_See also_ _Aurora_.
Bacon, John, and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 43;
in Judiciary debate (1802), 91.
Bacon's Rebellion, influence, =1=, 6.
Bailey, Theodorus, resigns from Senate, =3=, 121 _n._
Baily, Francis, on hardships of travel, =1=, 264 _n._.
Baker, John, Hite _vs._ Fairfax, =1=, 191, 193;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 188;
counsel for Burr, =3=, 407.
_Balaou._ _See_ _Exchange_.
Baldwin, ----, sedition trial, =3=, 42 _n._
Baldwin, ----, and Missouri question, =4=, 325.
Baldwin, Abraham, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
Baldwin, Henry, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._;
appointment to the Supreme Court, 510;
and M., 582;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583;
escort to M.'s body, 588.
Ball, Burgess, on M. at Valley Forge, =1=, 120.
Baltimore, in 1794, =1=, 263;
and policy of neutrality, =2=, 94 _n._;
proposed removal of Federal Capital to, =3=, 8;
public tumult over Burr trial, 529, 535-40.
Baltimore _Marylander_, on M. and election of 1828, =4=, 463.
Bancroft, George, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 270;
on M., =4=, 90.
Bangs, Edward, on Ratification contest, =1=, 341.
Bank of the United States,
first, Jefferson and Hamilton on constitutionality, =2=, 71-74;
hostility in Virginia, 84;
Virginia branch, 141;
M.'s investment, 199, 200;
as monopoly, =3=, 336, 338;
success, =4=, 171;
continued opposition, 171-73;
failure of recharter, machinations of State banks, 173-76.
Bank of the United States, second, charter, =4=, 179, 180;
and Localism, 191;
early mismanagement, 196;
its demands on State banks and reforms force crisis, 197-99;
early popular hostility, blamed for economic conditions, 198, 199,
206, 312;
movement to destroy through State taxation, 206-08;
attempt to repeal charter (1819), 288, 289;
Bonus Bill, 417, 418;
success and continued hostility to, 528, 529;
Mason affair, 529;
Jackson's war on, veto of recharter, 529-33;
Biddle's conduct, 529 _n._;
as monopoly, 531;
as issue in 1832, 532 _n._, 533;
M. on Jackson's war, 533, 535;
Jackson's withdrawal of deposits, 535.
_See also_ next title, and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland; Osborn _vs._
Bank.
Bank of the United States _vs._ Dandridge, =4=, 482, 483.
Bank of Virginia, M. and, =2=, 174;
political power, =4=, 174;
refuses to redeem notes, 194.
Banking, effects of chaos (1818), =4=, 170, 171;
mania for State banks, their character and issues, 176-79, 181, 188;
and war finances, 177, 179;
and speculation, 181-84;
frauds, 184, 185;
resulting suits, 185, 198;
lack of regulation, 186;
private, 192;
depreciation of notes, no specie redemption, 192-95;
counterfeits, 195;
Bank of the United States forces crisis, 197-99;
distress, 204-06.
_See also_ preceding titles.
Bankruptcy, M. and National act, =2=, 481, 482;
lax State laws and fraud, =4=, 200-03.
_See also_ Ogden _vs._ Saunders; Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
Bannister, John, resigns from Council of State, =1=, 209.
Barbary Powers, M. and protection from, =2=, 499;
general tribute to, 499 _n._;
Eaton and war, =3=, 302 _n._, 303 _n._
Barbecue Club. _See_ Quoit Club.
Barbour, James, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._;
counsel in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, =4=, 346;
on Missouri question, 341.
Barbour, Philip P., in debate on Supreme Court, =4=, 395;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
in debate on State Judiciary, 494;
in debate on suffrage, 502 _n._;
appointment to Supreme Court, 584 _n._
Barlow, Joel, seditious utterances, =3=, 30;
to write Republican history of the United States, 228, 229, 265,
266;
and Decree of St. Cloud, =4=, 36, 50.
Barrett, Nathaniel, and Ratification, =1=, 342, 349.
Barron, James, _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, =3=, 475.
Bartlett, Ichabod, counsel in Dartmouth College case, =4=, 234.
Bassett, Richard, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
Bastrop lands. _See_ Washita.
Batture litigation, =4=, 100-16.
Bayard, James A., on hardships of travel, =1=, 260;
on French Revolution, =2=, 32 _n._;
and Jonathan Robins case, 460;
on Adams's temperament, 488 _n._;
opposition to Adams, 517 _n._;
on Jefferson-Burr contest, 536, 545 _n._, 546 _n._;
on Washington (1804), =3=, 5 _n._;
on Federalists and Judiciary debate (1802), 71;
in debate, 72, 79-83;
appearance, 78;
on bill on sessions of Supreme Court, 95, 96;
on test of repeal of Judiciary Act, 123 _n._;
on Jefferson and impeachment plan, 160;
on Chase impeachment, 173;
and Chase trial, 185 _n._;
and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), 347;
on J. Q. Adams's Burr Conspiracy report, 544.
Bayard _vs._ Singleton, =3=, 611.
Bayly, Thomas M., on M., =4=, 489 _n._
Beard, Charles A., on character of Framers, =1=, 255 _n._
Beaumarchais, Pierre A. Caron de, mortgage on M.'s land, =2=, 173;
American debt to, and X. Y. Z. Mission, 292-94, 310, 314 _n._,
317-20, 332, 366 _n._;
history of debt, 292 _n._
Bedford, Gunning, Jr.,
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, =3=, 115 _n._
Bee, Thomas, Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 458.
Beer Co. _vs._ Massachusetts, =4=, 279 _n._
Begon, Dennis M., _Exchange_ case, =4=, 122.
Belknap, Morris P., testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 490.
Bell, Samuel, and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 234, 253 _n._
Bellamy, ----,
as agent in X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 261-67, 272, 278, 293, 294.
Bellamy, Joseph, and Wheelock, =4=, 227.
Belligerency, of revolting provinces, =4=, 126-28.
Bellini, Charles, professor at William and Mary, =1=, 155 _n._
Bentham, Jeremy, and Burr, =3=, 537 _n._
Benton, Thomas H., duelist, =3=, 278 _n._;
counsel in Craig _vs._ Missouri, =4=, 512.
Berkeley, Sir William, M. on, =3=, 242 _n._
Berlin Decree, =4=, 6 _n._
Berrien, John M., practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Beverly, Munford, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Biddeford, Me., and Ratification, =1=, 340.
Biddle, Nicholas, management of the Bank, =4=, 529;
conduct, 529 _n._
Biddle, Richard. _See_ Green _vs._ Biddle.
Bill of Rights, and Virginia's extradition act (1784), =1=, 238-41;
and National Government, 239;
contest over lack of Federal, 334, 439;
first ten Federal amendments, =2=, 57-59.
_See also_ Government.
Bingham, William, wealth, =2=, 202 _n._
Binghamton Bridge case, =4=, 280 _n._
Biography of Washington,
M. undertakes, financial motive, =2=, 211 _n._, =3=, 223, 224;
importance in life of M., 223;
estimate of financial return, negotiations with publishers, 224-27;
agreement, 227, 228;
delay in beginning, 227, 235;
M.'s desire for anonymity, 228, 236, 237;
Jefferson's plan to offset, 228, 229, 265, 266;
solicitation of subscriptions, postmasters as agents, 230, 234;
Weems as agent, popular distrust, 230-34, 252;
small subscription, 235;
list of subscribers, 235 _n._;
financial problem, change in contract, 236, 250, 251;
problems of composition, delay and prolixity, 236-39, 241, 246-49,
251;
publication of first two volumes, 239;
M. and praise and criticism, 240, 241, 245-47, 271;
revised edition, 241, 247, 247 _n._, 272;
character of first volumes, 242-45, 249;
royalty, 247, 251;
mistake in plan, compression of vital formative years, 249,
250, 258;
volumes on American Revolution, 253-56;
without political effect, 256, 257;
character of final volume (1783-99), 257-65;
Federalists on last volume, 265;
Jefferson on biography, 265-69;
other criticism, 269-71;
edition for school-children, 273 _n._
Bishop, Abraham, pamphlet on Yazoo lands, =3=, 570.
Bissel, Daniel, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 361, 462.
Black, George, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Blackstone, Sir William, M. and Commentaries, =1=, 56.
_Blackwood's Magazine_, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 271.
Blain, ----, and Attorney-Generalship, =2=, 132.
Blair, John, Commonwealth _vs._ Caton, =3=, 611.
Blair, John D., at Barbecue Club, =2=, 183.
Bland, Theodoric, on Randolph's apostasy (1788), =1=, 378.
Blennerhassett, Harman, beginning of Burr's connection, =3=, 291;
joins enterprise, 301, 310, 313;
newspaper letters, 311;
island as center, gathering there, 324, 425-27, 484, 488-91;
attack by militia, flight, 325;
joins Burr, 361;
indicted for treason, 465;
on Martin's intemperance, 501 _n._;
attempt to seduce, 514;
_nolle prosequi_, 515, 524;
on Wilkinson at trial, 523 _n._;
on Jefferson's hatred of M., 525;
commitment for trial in Ohio, 527;
on M., 528, 531;
and Baltimore mob, 538;
Wirt's speech on, 616-18.
_See also_ Burr Conspiracy.
Blennerhassett, Mrs. Harman, warns Burr, =3=, 316.
Blockade, M.'s protest on paper, =2=, 511.
Blomfield, Samuel, =1=, 23 _n._
Bloomington, Ohio, bank (1820), =4=, 192 _n._
Boarding-houses at Washington (1801), =3=, 2, 7.
Bollmann, Justus E., takes Burr's letter to Wilkinson, =3=, 307;
career, 307 _n._
arrested, 332, 334;
brought to Washington, 343;
held for trial, 344-46;
discharged by Supreme Court, 346-57;
interview with Jefferson, Jefferson's violation of faith, 391, 392;
question of evidence and pardon, 392, 430, 431, 450-54;
not indicted, 466 _n._
Bonus Bill, Madison's veto, =4=, 418;
further attempt, 419.
Boone, Daniel, and British debts, =1=, 229 _n._
Boston, Jacobin enthusiasm, =2=, 35, 36;
protest on Jay Treaty, 115, 116;
Yazoo land speculation, =3=, 567.
Boston _Columbian Centinel_. _See_ _Columbian Centinel_.
_Boston Commercial Gazette_, on obligation of contracts, =3=, 558.
_Boston Daily Advertiser_,
on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 254 _n._, 255 _n._
_Boston Gazette_, on bribery in Ratification, =1=, 353 _n._;
on French Revolution, =2=, 5.
_Boston Gazette-Commercial and Political_,
on Republican Party (1799), =3=, 12.
_Boston Independent Chronicle_, on the Cincinnati, =1=, 293;
on Publicola papers, =2=, 19;
seditious utterances, =3=, 43-46;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, 94, 99;
on Marbury _vs._ Madison and impeachment, 112 _n._, 113 _n._
_Boston Palladium_, on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 93;
threatens secession, 97.
Botetourt, Lord, fate of Virginia statue, =2=, 35.
Botta, Carlo G. G., Jefferson on history, =3=, 266.
Botts, Benjamin, counsel for Burr, =3=, 407;
and motion to commit Burr for treason, 415, 424;
on subpoena to Jefferson, 438;
on overt act, 497-500;
on popular hatred, 516.
Boudinot, Elias, on Adams for Chief Justice, =2=, 554.
Bowles, William A., M. and activity, =2=, 497-99.
Bowman _vs._ Middleton, =3=, 612.
Boyce, Robert, suit, =4=, 478.
Boyce _vs._ Anderson, =4=, 478.
Brackenridge, Hugh H., and Addison, =3=, 47 _n._
Braddock, Edward, defeat, =1=, 2-5;
reputation, 2 _n._;
effect of defeat on colonists, 5, 6, 9.
Bradford, William, Attorney-General, death, =2=, 122, 123.
Bradley, Stephen R., and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 168 _n._
at Chase trial, 183 _n._;
votes to acquit Chase, 218, 219.
Braintree, Mass., denounces lawyers, =3=, 23 _n._
Brandywine campaign, =1=, 93-98.
Brearly, David, Holmes _vs._ Walton, =3=, 611.
Breckenridge, John,
and Kentucky Resolutions, =2=, 398, 398 _n._, =3=, 58 _n._;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, 58, 59, 66, 68-70;
Attorney-General, 58 _n._
Brig Wilson _vs._ United States, =4=, 428, 429.
Bright, Michael, and Olmstead case, =4=, 21.
Brightwell, Theodore, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 367.
Brigstock, William, case, =2=, 464.
Briscoe _vs._ Bank of Kentucky,
facts, currency of State-owned bank, =4=, 582;
equal division of Supreme Court, 583, 584;
State upheld, Story voices M.'s dissent, 584 _n._
British debts,
conditions and controversy in Virginia, =1=, 215, 223-31;
amount in Virginia, 295 _n._;
in Ratification debate, 441, 444, 464;
before Federal courts, Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 83, 186-92;
in Jay Treaty, 114, 121 _n._;
disruption of commission on, 500-02;
M. on disruption and compromise, 502-05;
settlement, =3=, 103.
Brockenbrough, John, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._;
political control, =4=, 174;
and redemption of his bank's notes, 194;
and stock of Bank of the United States, 318.
Brooks, John, and Ratification, =1=, 347 _n._
Broom, James M., and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 358.
Brown, Adam, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 411.
Brown, Alexander. _See_ Brown _vs._ Maryland.
Brown, Ethan A., counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 385.
Brown, Francis, elected President of Dartmouth, =4=, 229;
and Kent, 258 _n._
Brown, Henry B., on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 280.
Brown, John, of R.I., and slave trade (1800), =2=, 449.
Brown, John, of Va. and Ky., on lack of patriotism (1780), =1=, 157;
on Wythe as professor, 158;
dinner to, =2=, 131 _n._;
and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 168 _n._;
Indiana Canal Company, 291 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, 292.
Brown, Noah, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 411.
Brown _vs._ Maryland, facts, =4=, 454;
counsel, 455;
M.'s opinion, 455-59;
State license on importers an import duty, 455-57;
and a regulation of foreign commerce, 457-59;
as precedent, 459, 460.
Bruff, James, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 523 _n._
Bryan, George, and Centinel letters, =1=, 335 _n._
Bryan, Joseph, and Randolph, =3=, 566.
Buchanan, J., Barbecue Club, =2=, 183.
Buchanan, James, and attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 515.
Bullitt, William M., book of M.'s possessed by, =1=, 186 _n._
Burford, _ex parte_, =3=, 154 _n._
Burgess, John W., on revolutionary action of Framers, =1=, 323 _n._
Burke, Ædanus, and the Cincinnati, =1=, 293;
shipwrecked, =3=, 55 _n._
Burke, Edmund, on French Revolution, =2=, 10-12.
Burling, Walter, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 329.
Burnaby, Andrew, plea for reunion with England, =1=, 130, 131.
Burr, Aaron, and X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 281;
suppresses Wood's book, 380 _n._;
and Hamilton's attack on Adams, 528;
character, and appearance, 535, =3=, 371, 372;
presides over Senate, 67;
and repeal of Judiciary Act, personal effect, 67, 68 _n._, 279;
and Pickering impeachment, 168 _n._;
arranges Senate for Chase trial, 179 _n._;
as presiding officer of trial, 180, 183, 218, 219;
effort of Administration to conciliate, 181;
farewell address to Senate, 274;
plight on retirement from Vice-Presidency, 276-78, 285;
Hamilton's pursuit, 277 _n._;
the duel, 278 _n._;
Jefferson's hostility, isolation, 279, 280;
toast on Washington's birthday, 280;
candidacy for Governor, 281;
and Federalist secession plots, 281;
and Manhattan Company charter, 287 _n._;
gratitude to Jackson, 405;
later career, 537 _n._, 538 _n._;
and Martin, 538 _n._;
death, monument, 538 _n._;
report on Yazoo lands, 570.
_See also_ Burr Conspiracy; Elections (_1800_).
Burr, Levi, _ex parte_, =3=, 537 _n._
Burr conspiracy, and life of M., =3=, 275;
Burr's plight on retirement from Vice-Presidency, 276-78;
Jefferson's hostility and isolation of Burr, 279-81;
Burr and Federalist Secessionists, 281;
West and Union, 282-84;
popular desire to free Spanish America, 284, 286;
expected war with Spain, 285;
West as field for rehabilitation of Burr, 286;
his earlier proposal to invade Spanish America, 286;
Burr's intrigue with Merry, real purpose, 287-90, 299;
first western trip, 290;
conference with Dayton, 290;
Wilkinson's connection, he proposes Mexican invasion, 290, 294,
297, 460;
and Blennerhassett, 291;
conference at Cincinnati, 291;
in Kentucky, 291, 296;
plan for Ohio River canal, 291 _n._;
in Tennessee, Jackson's relationship, 292-96;
Burr and Tennessee seat in House, 292;
no proposals for disunion, 292, 297, 303, 312;
invasion of Mexico, contingent on war, 292 _n._, 294-96, 298,
301-03, 306-09, 312, 313, 319, 460-62, 523, 527;
settlement of Washita lands, 292 _n._, 303, 310, 312, 313, 314 _n._,
319, 324 _n._, 361 _n._, 362, 461, 462, 523, 527;
Burr at New Orleans, 294, 295;
disunion rumors, Spanish source, 296, 298, 299;
Wilkinson plans to abandon Burr, 298, 300 _n._, 320;
Casa Yrujo intrigue, purpose, 300, 300 _n._;
and Miranda's plans, 300, 301, 306, 308;
hopes, 301, 302;
Wilkinson on frontier, expected to precipitate war, 302, 307,
308, 314;
Burr requests diplomatic position, 302;
Burr's conferences with Truxton and Decatur, 302, 303;
and with Eaton, Eaton's report of it, 303-05, 307, 345;
Jefferson and reports of plans, 305, 310, 315, 317, 323, 338 _n._;
Burr's letter to Jackson for military preparation, 306;
Burr begins second journey, 307, 309;
cipher letter to Wilkinson by Swartwout and Bollmann, 307-09,
614, 615;
Morgan visit, report of it to Jefferson, 309, 310;
Blennerhassett's enthusiasm, his newspaper letters mentioning
disunion, 310, 311;
gathering at his island, 311, 324, 325, 425-27, 484, 488-91;
recruits, 311, 313, 324, 326, 360;
Wilkinson's letters to Adair and Smith, 314;
renewal of disunion reports, 315, 316;
Burr denies disunion plans, 316, 318 _n._, 319, 326;
arrest and release of Burr in Kentucky, 317-19;
Administration's knowledge of Burr's plans, 318 _n._;
Wilkinson and Swartwout, 320, 465;
Wilkinson's revelations to Jefferson, 321-23, 334, 341, 352-56;
Jefferson's action on revelations, proclamation against expedition,
324, 327;
seizure of supplies, 324;
militia attack on Blennerhassett's island, flight of gathering
there, 325;
Burr afloat, 326, 360-62;
popular belief in disunion plan, 327;
Wilkinson's pretended terror, 328;
his appeal for funds to Viceroy, 329;
and to Jefferson, 330;
his reign of terror at New Orleans, 330-37;
Jefferson's Annual Message on, 337;
mystery and surmises at Washington, 338;
House demand for information, 339;
Special Message declaring Burr guilty, 339-41;
effect of message on public opinion, 341;
Wilkinson's prisoners brought to Washington, 343, 344;
Swartwout and Bollmann held for trial, 344-46;
payment of Eaton's claim, 345 _n._;
Supreme Court writ of habeas corpus for Swartwout and Bollmann, 346;
attempt of Congress to suspend privilege of writ, 346-48;
discharge of Swartwout and Bollmann, M.'s opinion, 348-57;
constitutional limitation of treason, 349-51;
necessity of overt act, 351, 442;
presence at overt act, effect of misunderstanding of M.'s opinion,
350, 414 _n._, 484, 493, 496, 502, 504-13, 540, 619-26;
lack of evidence of treasonable design, 353-56, 377-79, 388;
Judiciary and Administration and public opinion, 357, 376, 388;
House debate on Wilkinson's conduct, 358-60;
Burr's assembly on island at mouth of Cumberland, 361;
boats, 361 _n._;
Burr in Mississippi, grand jury refuses to indict him, 363-65;
release refused, flight and military arrest, 365-68, 374;
taken to Richmond, 368-70;
M.'s warrant for civil arrest, 370;
preliminary hearing before M., 370, 372, 379;
Burr and M. contrasted, 371, 372;
bail question, 372, 379, 380, 423, 424, 429, 516;
Burr's statement at hearing, 374;
M.'s opinion, commits for high misdemeanor only, 375-79;
M.'s conduct and position at trials, 375, 397, 404, 407, 408,
413 _n._, 421, 423, 480, 494, 517, 526;
public opinion, appeal to it, Jefferson as prosecutor, 374, 379-91,
395-97, 401, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416-22, 430-32, 435, 437,
439, 441, 471, 476, 477, 479, 480, 497 _n._, 499, 499 _n._,
503, 516 _n._;
M.'s reflection on Jefferson's conduct, 376;
collection of evidence, time question, 378, 385-90, 415, 417, 418,
425, 473;
Wilkinson's attendance awaited, 383, 393, 415, 416, 429, 431, 432,
440;
supposed overt acts, 386 _n._;
money spent by Administration, 391, 423;
Jefferson's violation of faith with Bollmann, 391, 392;
pardons for informers, 392, 393;
Dunbaugh's evidence, 393, 427, 462, 463;
development of Burr support at Richmond, 393, 415, 470, 478, 479;
M. and Burr at Wickham's dinner, 394-97;
appearance of court, crowd, 398-400;
M. on difficulty of fair trial, 401;
Jackson's denunciation of Jefferson and Wilkinson, 404, 405, 457;
Burr's conduct and appearance in court, 406, 408, 456, 457, 479,
481, 499, 518;
Burr's counsel, 407, 428;
prosecuting attorneys, 407;
M. and counsel, 408;
selection of grand jury, 408-13, 422;
Burr's demand for equal rights, 413, 414, 418;
instruction of grand jury, 413-15, 442, 451;
Hay's reports to Jefferson, 415, 431;
new motion to commit for treason, 415-29;
Jefferson and publication of evidence, 422, 515;
legal order of proof, 424, 484-87;
conduct of Eaton at Richmond, 429;
Bollmann and pardon, 430, 431, 450-54;
demand for Wilkinson's letter to Jefferson, subpoena _duces tecum_,
433-47, 450, 454-56, 518-22;
M.'s admonition to counsel, 439;
M.'s statement on prosecution's expectation of conviction, 447-49;
Wilkinson's arrival, conduct and testimony, just escapes indictment,
456, 457, 463, 464;
testimony before grand jury, 458-65;
indictment of Burr and Blennerhassett for treason and misdemeanor,
465, 466;
other indictments, 466 _n._;
attacks on Wilkinson, 471-75, 477;
confinement of Burr, 474, 478, 479;
selection of petit jury, 475, 481-83;
M. seeks advice of Justices on treason, 480;
Hay's opening statement, 484;
testimony on Burr's expressions, 487, 488;
on overt act, 488-91;
argument of proof of overt act, 491-504;
unprecedented postponement, 494;
Wirt's famous passage, 497, 616-18;
poison hoax, 499 _n._;
irrelevant testimony, 512, 515, 542;
attacks on M., threats of impeachment, Jefferson's Message, 500,
501, 503, 516, 525, 530-35, 540;
judgment of law and fact, 500, 531;
irregular verdict of not guilty, 513, 514;
prosecution's advances to Blennerhassett and others, 514 _n._;
_nolle prosequi_, 515, 524;
reception of verdict in Richmond, 517;
trial for misdemeanor, 522-24;
commitment for trial in Ohio, 524, 527, 528, 531 _n._;
Burr's anger at M., 524, 528;
and Daveiss's pamphlet, 525;
Burr on drawn battle, 527;
prosecution dropped, 528;
M. on trial, 530;
Baltimore mob, 535-40;
bibliography, 538 _n._;
attempt to amend law of treason, 540;
attempt to expel Senator Smith, Adams's report, 540-44.
Burrill, James, Jr., on bankruptcy frauds, =4=, 202.
Burwell, Rebecca, and Jefferson, =1=, 149.
Burwell, William A.,
and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), =3=, 348.
Butchers' Union _vs._ Crescent City, =4=, 279 _n._
Butler, Elizur, arrest by Georgia, =4=, 548;
pardoned, 552 _n._
_See also_ Worcester _vs._ Georgia.
Byrd, William, library, =1=, 25.
Cabell, Benjamin W. S.,
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 500.
Cabell, Joseph, at William and Mary, =1=, 159.
Cabell, Joseph C., grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._;
on Swartwout, 465.
Cabell, William, at William and Mary, =1=, 159;
in the Legislature, 203;
and Henry-Randolph quarrel, 407 _n._
Cabell, William H.,
opinion in Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, =4=, 158-60.
Cabinet, dissensions in Washington's, =2=, 82;
changes in Washington's, his offers to M., 122-25, 147;
disruption of Adams's, 485-88;
M.'s appointment as Secretary of State, 486, 489-91, 493;
Republican comment on Adams's reorganized, 491;
salaries (1800), 539 _n._
Cabot, George, on democratic clubs, =2=, 38;
on policy of neutrality, 94 _n._;
and M. (1796), 198;
on Gerry, 364, 366;
on M.'s views on Alien and Sedition Acts, 391-93;
on reopening of French negotiations, 424, 426;
on M. in Congress, 432;
on Adams and Hamiltonians, 488;
on M. as Secretary of State, 492;
opposition to Adams, 517 _n._;
in defeat, =3=, 11;
on Republican success, 11;
political character, 11 _n._;
on attack on Judiciary, 98;
on protest on repeal of Judiciary Act, 123 _n._;
on Louisiana Purchase, 150;
and secession, 152;
and Hartford Convention, =4=, 52;
and Story, 98.
Calder _vs._ Bull, =3=, 612.
Caldwell, Elisha B., Supreme Court sessions in house, =4=, 130.
Calhoun, John C., and War of 1812, =4=, 29;
Bonus Bill, 417;
Exposition, 538;
and non-intercourse with tariff States, 538 _n._
Call, Daniel, as lawyer, =1=, 173;
M.'s neighbor, =2=, 171;
counsel in Hunter _vs._ Fairfax's Devisee, =4=, 151.
Callender, James T., on M.'s address (1798), =2=, 405;
on M.'s campaign, 409;
later attacks on M., 541 _n._, 556, 560 _n._;
trial for sedition, =3=, 36-41, 189-96, 202-05, 214;
proposed public appropriation for, 38 _n._;
popular subscription, 38 _n._;
pardoned, 40 _n._
Camillus letters, =2=, 120.
Campbell, Alexander, as lawyer, =1=, 173;
and Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, =2=, 151, 152;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, 188, 189, 192;
Hunter _vs._ Fairfax's Devisee, 207;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 501 _n._
Campbell, Archibald, as M.'s instructor, =1=, 57;
as Mason, =2=, 176.
Campbell, Charles, on frontier (1756), =1=, 7 _n._
Campbell, George W., argument in Chase trial, =3=, 198;
on Burr conspiracy, 339.
Campbell, William, in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 492.
Campo Formio, Treaty of, M. on, =2=, 271;
and X. Y. Z. Mission, 272, 273.
Canal, Burr's plan for, on Ohio River, =3=, 291 _n._
_See also_ Internal Improvements.
Canning, George, letter to Pinkney, =4=, 23.
Capital, Federal, deal on assumption and location, =2=, 63, 64;
proposed removal to Baltimore, =3=, 8.
_See also_ District of Columbia; Washington, D.C.
Capitol, of Virginia (1783), =1=, 200;
Federal, in 1801, =3=, 1, 2;
religious services there, 7 _n._;
quarters for Supreme Court, 121 _n._
Card playing in Virginia, =1=, 177 _n._
Carlisle, Pa., Ratification riot, =1=, 334.
Carr, Dabney, and Cherokee Indians controversy, =4=, 542.
Carrington, Edward, supports Jay Treaty, =2=, 121;
and M.'s advice on Cabinet positions, 124-26, 132;
on Virginia and Jay Treaty, 131, 132, 134, 137, 138 _n._, 142, 143;
inaccuracy of reports to Washington, 131 _n._;
and Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, 149, 154;
M.'s neighbor, 171;
verdict in Burr trial, =3=, 513, 514.
Carrington, Eliza (Ambler), on Arnold's invasion, =1=, 144 _n._;
on first and later impressions of M., 150-54;
on Richmond in, 1780, 165;
M.'s sympathy, 188;
on prevalence of irreligion, 221;
on attacks on M.'s character, =2=, 101, 102;
on Mrs. Marshall's invalidism, 371 _n._;
M.'s sister-in-law, =4=, 67 _n._
Carrington, Paul, as Judge, =1=, 173, =4=, 148;
candidacy for Ratification Convention, =1=, 359.
Carroll, Charles, opposition to Adams, =2=, 517 _n._;
on Hamilton's attack on Adams, 528 _n._
Carter, John, and tariff, =4=, 384 _n._, 536.
Carter, Robert, landed estate, =1=, 20 _n._;
character, 21 _n._;
library, 25.
Cary, Mary, courtship, =1=, 150 _n._
Cary, Wilson M., on M.'s ancestry, =1=, 15.
Casa Yrujo, Marqués de, and Burr, =3=, 289, 296 _n._, 300;
on Wilkinson, 320 _n._
Cecil County, Md., and Burr trial, =3=, 479 _n._
Centinel letters in opposition to Federal Constitution, =1=, 335-37;
probable authors, 335 _n._
Centralization. _See_ Nationalism.
Chancery. _See_ Equity.
Chandler, John, case, =3=, 130 _n._
Channing, Edward, on Washington, =1=, 121;
on origin of Kentucky Resolutions, =2=, 398 _n._;
on attacks on neutral trade, =4=, 7 _n._;
on purpose of Orders in Council, 12 _n._;
on Minister Jackson, 23 _n._;
on causes of War of 1812, 29 _n._
Chapman, H., on opposition to Ratification, =1=, 338.
Chapman, Nathaniel, on death of M., =4=, 588.
Charleston, S.C., Jacobin enthusiasm, =2=, 35.
Charters. _See_ Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward.
Chase, Samuel, and Adams, =2=, 495 _n._;
and common-law jurisdiction, =3=, 28 _n._;
conduct in sedition trials, 33, 36, 41;
Fries trial, 35;
on the stump, 47;
on declaring acts void, 117, 612;
House impeaches, 169;
anti-Republican charge to grand jury, 169, 170;
arousing of public opinion against, 171;
articles of impeachment, 171, 172;
despair of Federalists, 173;
effect of Yazoo frauds on trial, 174;
opening of trial, 175;
arrangement of Senate, 179, 180;
Burr as presiding officer, efforts of Administration to win him,
180-83;
seat for Chase, 183;
appearance, 184;
career, 184 _n._, 185 _n._;
counsel, 185;
Randolph's opening speech, 187-89;
testimony, 189-92;
M. as witness, 192-96;
Giles-Randolph conferences, 197;
argument of Manager Early, 197;
of Manager Campbell, 198;
of Hopkinson, 198-200;
indictable or political offense, 199, 200, 202, 207-13;
arguments of Key and Lee, 201;
of Martin, 201-06;
trial as precedent, 201;
trial as political affair, 206;
argument of Manager Nicholson, 207-10;
of Manager Rodney, 210-12;
and Chief Justiceship, 211 _n._;
argument of Manager Randolph, 212;
Randolph's praise of M., 214-16;
trial and secession, 217;
vote and acquittal, 217-20;
trial as crisis, 220;
effect on Republicans, 220-22;
on M., 222;
Chase and Swartwout and Bollmann case, 349 _n._;
and Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 585 _n._;
death, =4=, 60.
Chastellux, Marquis de, on William and Mary, =1=, 156 _n._;
on hardships of travel, 262;
on drinking, =2=, 102 _n._
Chatham, Earl of, fate of Charleston statue, =2=, 35.
Checks and balances of Federal Constitution,
Ratification debate on, =1=, 389, 417;
and repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, =3=, 60, 61, 65.
_See also_ Division of powers; Government; Separation of powers;
Union.
Cherokee Indians, power, =3=, 553;
origin of Georgia contest, =4=, 539, 540;
Jackson's attitude, 540, 541, 547, 548, 551;
first appeal to Supreme Court, 541;
popular interest and political involution, 541, 548;
and removal, 541;
monograph on contest, 541 _n._;
Tassels incident, Georgia's defiance of Supreme Court, 542-44;
Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, Georgia ignores, 544;
M.'s opinion, Cherokees not a foreign nation, 544-46;
M.'s rebuke of Jackson, 546;
dissent from opinion, 546 _n._;
origin of Worcester _vs._ Georgia, arrest of missionaries, 547, 548;
Georgia refuses to appear before Court, 548;
counsel, 549;
M.'s opinion, no State control over Indians, 549-51;
mandate of Court ignored, 551;
final defiance of Court, Graves case, 552 _n._;
removal of Indians, 552 _n._
Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia. _See_ Cherokee Indians.
_Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, Jefferson and, =3=, 475-77, =4=, 9.
Chester, Elisha W., counsel in Worcester _vs._ Georgia, =4=, 549.
Cheves, Langdon, and War of 1812, =4=, 29.
Children, M.'s fondness for, =4=, 63.
Chisholm _vs._ Georgia, =2=, 83 _n._, =3=, 554 _n._
Choate, Rufus, on Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 101;
on Webster's tribute to Dartmouth, =4=, 248.
Choctaw Indians, power, =3=, 553.
Christie, Gabriel, and slavery, =2=, 450.
Church ----, and X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 254.
_Cincinnati_, first steamboat, =4=, 403 _n._
Cincinnati, Order of the, popular prejudice against, =1=, 292-94.
Cipher, necessity of use, =1=, 266 _n._
Circuit Courts, Supreme Court Justices in, =3=, 55, 56;
rights of original jurisdiction, =4=, 386.
_See also_ Judiciary; Judiciary Act of 1801.
Circuit riders, work, =4=, 189 _n._
Citizenship, Virginia bill (1783), =1=, 208.
_See also_ Naturalization.
Civil rights, lack, =3=, 13 _n._
_See also_ Bill of Rights.
Civil service, M. and office-seekers, =2=, 494;
Adams and partisan appointments, =3=, 81;
Jefferson's use of patronage, 81 _n._, 208.
_See also_ Religious tests.
Claiborne, William C. C.,
and election of Jefferson, reward, =3=, 81 _n._;
and Wilkinson and Burr conspiracy, 326, 331, 363, 366;
and Livingston, =4=, 102;
and steamboat monopoly, 414.
Clark, Daniel, and Burr, =3=, 294, 295;
and disunion rumors, 296.
Clark, Eugene F., acknowledgment to, =4=, 233 _n._
Clark, George Rogers, surveyor, =1=, 210 _n._;
Indiana Canal Company, =3=, 291 _n._
Classes, in colonial Virginia, =1=, 25-28;
after the Revolution, 277, 278.
Clay, Charles, in Virginia Ratification Convention, =1=, 472.
Clay, Henry, duelist, =3=, 278 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, 296, 318, 319 _n._;
on Daveiss and Burr, 317 _n._;
as exponent of Nationalism, =4=, 28, 29;
as practitioner before M., 95, 135;
and Green _vs._ Biddle, 376;
counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, 385;
in debate on Supreme Court, 395;
Kremer's attack, 462 _n._;
Randolph duel, 463 _n._;
and report on M. and election of 1828, 464;
and American Colonization Society, 474;
and recharter of Bank of the United States, 530;
Compromise Tariff, 574.
Clayton, Philip, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 547, 548.
Clayton, Samuel, in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 501 _n._
_Clermont_, Fulton's steamboat, =4=, 401 _n._
Clinton, De Witt, presidential candidacy (1812), =4=, 47.
Clinton, George, letter for second Federal convention, =1=, 379-81,
477, =2=, 49, 57 _n._;
elected Vice-President, =3=, 197;
defeats recharter of Bank of the United States, =4=, 176.
Clopton, John, deserts Congress (1798), =2=, 340 _n._;
candidacy (1798), 414.
Clothing. _See_ Dress.
Cobbett, William,
on American enthusiasm over French Revolution, =2=, 5 _n._;
as conservative editor, 30 _n._
Cockade, black, =2=, 343.
Cocke, William, on Judiciary Act of 1801, =3=, 57 _n._;
at Chase trial, 194.
Cohens _vs._ Virginia,
conditions causing opinion, its purpose, =4=, 342-44, 353;
facts, 344, 345;
as moot case, 343;
counsel, argument, 346;
M.'s opinion on appellate power, 347-57;
statement of State Rights position, 347;
supremacy of National Government, 347-49;
Federal Judiciary as essential agency in this supremacy, 349-52;
resistance of disunion, 352, 353;
State as party, Eleventh Amendment, 354-56;
hearing on merits, 357;
Roane's attack on, 358, 359;
rebuke of concurring Republican Justices, 358, 359;
M. on attacks, 359-62;
other Virginia attacks, 361 _n._;
Jefferson's attack on principles, M. on it, 362-66, 368-70;
attack as one on Union, 365;
Taylor's attack on principles, 366-68.
Coleman, _vs._ Dick and Pat, =2=, 180 _n._
Colhoun, John E., and repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 62 _n._, 72 _n._
College charters as contracts. _See_ Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward.
Collins, Josiah, Granville heirs case, =4=, 154.
Collins, Minton, on economic division on Ratification, =1=, 313;
on opposition to Ratification, 322.
Colston, Rawleigh,
purchase of Fairfax estate, =2=, 203 _n._, 204, =4=, 149, 150 _n._;
M.'s debt, =3=, 224.
_Columbian Centinel_, on Republicans (1799), =3=, 43;
on Judiciary debate (1802), 65 _n._, 72 _n._, 99.
Commerce, effects of lack of transportation, =1=, 262;
Madison on need of uniform regulation, 312;
Jefferson's dislike, 316;
Federal powers in Ratification debate, 427, 477;
foreign, and South Carolina negro seamen act, Elkison case,
=4=, 382, 383;
power to regulate, and internal improvements, 417;
power over navigation, Brig Wilson _vs._ United States, 428, 429;
doctrine of common carrier and transportation of slaves, 478.
_See also_ Bankruptcy; Brown _vs._ Maryland; Communication; Economic
conditions; Gibbons _vs._ Ogden; Internal improvements;
Navigation acts; Neutral trade, New York _vs._ Miln;
Slave trade; Tariff.
Common carrier, doctrine, and transportation of slaves, =4=, 478.
Common law, Federal jurisdiction, =2=, 549 _n._, =3=, 23-29, 30 _n._,
78, 84, 89.
Commonwealth _vs._ Caton, =3=, 611.
Communication, roads of colonial Virginia, =1=, 36 _n._;
at period of Confederation and later, hardships of travel, 250,
255-64, =3=, 5 _n._, 55 _n._;
lack as index of political conditions, =1=, 251, 255;
sparseness of population, 264;
mails, 264-67;
character of newspapers, 267-70;
conditions breed demagogism, 290-92;
local isolation, =4=, 191.
_See also_ Commerce.
Commutable Act of Virginia, =1=, 207.
Concurrent jurisdiction of Federal and State courts, =1=, 452.
_See also_ Appellate jurisdiction.
Concurrent powers, M.'s exposition in Ratification debate, =1=, 436;
and State bankruptcy laws, =4=, 208-12;
commercial, 409.
Confederation, Washington on State antagonism, =1=, 206 _n._;
effect of British-debts controversy, 228, 228 _n._;
financial powerlessness, 232, 295-97, 304, 387, 388, 415-17;
effort for power to levy impost, 233;
debt problem, 233-35, 254;
proposed power to pass navigation acts, 234, 235;
social conditions during, 250-87;
popular spirit, 253, 254;
opportunity for demagogism, 288-92, 297, 309;
Shays's Rebellion, 298-304;
impotence of Congress, 305;
prosperity during, 306;
responsibility of masses for failure, 307;
responsibility of States for failure, 308-10;
antagonistic State tariff acts, 310, 311;
economic basis of failure, 310-13;
Jefferson on, 315;
Randolph on, 377;
Henry's defense, 388, 389, 399;
M.'s biography of Washington on, =3=, 259-61.
Congress,
Ratification debate on character, =1=, 344, 416, 419, 422, 423;
M. on discretionary powers (1788), 454;
_First_: titles, =2=, 36;
election in Virginia, 49, 50;
amendments, 58, 59;
funding, assumption, and National Capital, 59-64;
Judiciary, =3=, 53-56;
_Third_: Yazoo lands, 560, 569, 570;
_Fourth_: Jay Treaty, =3=, 148, 155;
Yazoo lands, =3=, 570;
_Fifth_: Adams's address on French depredations, =2=, 225, 226;
X. Y. Z. dispatches, 336, 338, 339;
war preparations, 355;
Alien and Sedition Acts, 381;
Georgia's Western claims, =3=, 573;
_Sixth_: M.'s campaign for, =2=, 374-80, 401, 409-16;
M.'s importance to Federalists, 432, 436, 437;
Adams's address at first session, 433;
reply of House, 433-36;
and presidential campaign, 438;
and death of Washington, 440-45;
M.'s activity, 445;
cession of Western Reserve, 446;
powers of territorial Governor, 446;
insult to Randolph, 446;
Marine Corps, 446-48;
land grants for veterans, 448;
and slavery, 449;
Sedition Law, 451;
M.'s independence, 451, 452;
Disputed Election Bill, 452-58;
Jonathan Robins case, 460-75;
reduction of army, 476-81;
Bankruptcy Bill, 481, 482;
results of first session, 482;
French treaty, 525;
M. and Adams's address at second session, 530, 531;
Jefferson-Burr contest, 532-47;
Judiciary Bill, 548-52, =3=, 53, 56;
reduction of navy, 458 _n._;
Georgia cession, 574;
_Seventh_: Judiciary in Jefferson's Message, 51-53;
repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, 58-92;
Supreme Court, 94-97;
_Eighth_: impeachment of Pickering, 164-68;
Chase impeachment, 169-222;
electoral vote counting, 197;
Burr's farewell address, 274;
Yazoo claims, 575-82;
_Ninth_: Jefferson's Annual Message on Burr conspiracy, 337;
demand for information and Special Message, 339;
payment of Eaton's claim, 345 _n._;
attempt to suspend habeas corpus, 346-48;
Burr conspiracy debate, 357-60;
non-importation, =4=, 9;
_Tenth_: _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, =3=, 477;
attempt to amend law of treason, 540;
attempt to expel Senator Smith, 540-44;
Embargo, =4=, 11, 13, 14, 22;
Force Act, 16;
non-intercourse, 22;
_Eleventh_: Yazoo claims, =3=, 595-97;
Jackson resolution, =4=, 24;
Louisiana, 27;
bank, 173-76;
_Twelfth_: Yazoo claims, =3=, 597-600;
war, =4=, 29;
_Thirteenth_: Yazoo claims, =3=, 600;
St. Cloud Decree resolution, =4=, 48;
bank, 179;
_Fourteenth_: bank, 180;
salaries, 231 _n._;
Bonus Bill, 417;
_Fifteenth_: bank, 196 _n._, 288, 289;
internal improvements, 418;
_Sixteenth_: bankruptcy, 201, 302;
Missouri, 340-42;
_Seventeenth_: Judiciary, 371-79;
_Eighteenth_: Judiciary, 379, 380, 394, 450, 451;
internal improvements, 418-21;
presidential election, 462 _n._;
tariff, 536;
_Nineteenth_: Supreme Court, 451-53;
_Twentieth_: tariff, 537;
_Twenty-first_: Supreme Court, 514-17;
Cherokee Indians, 541;
Hayne-Webster debate, 552-55;
_Twenty-second_: Judiciary, 517 _n._;
recharter of Bank, 529-33;
river and harbor improvement, 534;
tariff, 559, 567, 574.
Conkling, Roscoe, resemblance to Pinkney, =4=, 133 _n._
Connecticut, Ratification, =1=, 325;
cession of Western Reserve, =2=, 446, =3=, 578;
and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 105 _n._;
and Embargo, =4=, 17;
and War of 1812, 48 _n._;
and Livingston steamboat monopoly, 404.
Connecticut Reserve, cession, =2=, 446;
Granger's connection, =3=, 578.
Conrad and McMunn's boarding-house, =3=, 7.
Conscription, for War of 1812, =4=, 51.
Conservatism, growth, =1=, 252, 253;
M.'s extreme, =3=, 109, 265, =4=, 4, 55, 93, 479-83, 488.
_See also_ Democracy; Nationalism; People.
Consolidation. _See_ Nationalism.
Constitution, question of amending Virginia's (1784), =1=, 216;
attack on Virginia's (1789), =2=, 56 _n._;
Massachusetts Convention (1820), =4=, 471.
_See also_ Federal Constitution; Virginia Constitutional Convention.
Continental Congress, denunciation by army officers, =1=, 90;
flight, 102;
and intrigue against Washington, 122, 123;
decline, 124;
Washington's plea for abler men and harmony, 124-26, 131.
_See also_ Confederation.
Contraband, in Jay Treaty and X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 306;
M. on British unwarranted increase of list, 509-11.
Contracts, obligation of,
M.'s first connection with legislative franchise, =1=, 218;
and with ideas of contract, 223, 224;
in debate on Ratification, 428;
M. on, as political factor under Confederation, =3=, 259-61;
M. on (1806), and new National Government, 263;
importance of M.'s expositions, 556, 593-95, =4=, 213, 219, 276-81;
legal-tender violation, =3=, 557;
origin of clause in Federal Constitution, 557 _n._, 558 _n._;
effect of constitutional clause on public mind, 558;
and repeal of Yazoo land act, 562, 563, 586;
discussions of repeal, 571, 572;
congressional debate on Yazoo claims, 575, 579, 580;
M.'s interest in stability, 582;
M.'s opinion in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, repeal of Yazoo act as
impairment, 586-91;
and corrupt legislation, 587;
involved in Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, =4=, 209, 212;
meaning in Constitution, 213;
contract of future acquisitions and insolvency laws, 214;
not limited to paper money obligations, 214;
not necessary to enumerate particular subjects, 215;
humanitarian limitations, 215, 216;
broad field without historical limitations, 216-18, 269, 271;
New Jersey _vs._ Wilson, exemption of lands from taxation, 221-23;
Dartmouth College case, right to change charter of public
institution, 230 _n._, 235, 243;
limitation to private rights, 234, 263;
colleges as eleemosynary not civil corporations, 241-44, 247,
263, 264;
Terrett _vs._ Taylor, private rights under grants to towns,
243 _n._, 246;
precedents in Dartmouth College case, 245-47;
college charters as contracts, 262;
purpose of college does not make it public institution, 264;
nor does act of incorporation, 265-68;
rights of non-profiting trustees, 268, 269;
and public policy, 270-72;
as element in strife of political theories, 370;
and Kentucky occupying claimant law, 375-77, 380-82;
Ogden _vs._ Saunders, future, not violated by insolvency laws, 480;
M.'s dissent, 481.
Conway Cabal, =1=, 121-23.
Cook, Daniel P., on Missouri question, =4=, 342.
Cooke, ----, tavern at Raleigh, =4=, 65.
Cooke, John R., in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 502 _n._
Cooper, Thomas, sedition trial, =3=, 33, 34, 86.
Cooper, William, on Jefferson-Burr contest, =2=, 546 _n._
Cooper _vs._ Telfair, =3=, 612.
Corbin, Francis,
and calling of Virginia Ratification Convention, =1=, 245;
in Ratification Convention; characterized, 396;
in the debate, 396, 435;
on detailed debate, 432;
on badges of aristocracy, =2=, 78.
Cornwallis, Earl of, Brandywine, =1=, 95.
Corporations, M.'s definition, =4=, 265;
M.'s opposition to State regulation, 479;
presumptive authorization of agency, M.'s dissent, 482, 483.
_See also_ Contracts.
Correspondence, M.'s negligence, =1=, 183 _n._, =4=, 203 _n._
Cotton, effect of invention of gin, =3=, 555.
Council of State of Virginia, M.'s election to, =1=, 209;
as a political machine, 210, 217 _n._;
M. forced out, 211, 212.
Counterfeiting, of paper money, =1=, 297, =4=, 195.
County court system of Virginia,
political machine, =4=, 146, 147, 485-88;
debate in Constitutional Convention on (1830), 491-93.
Court days, as social event, =1=, 284.
_See also_ Judiciary.
Court martial, M. on jurisdiction, =2=, 447, 448.
Coxe, Tench, on British depredations on neutral trade, =2=, 506 _n._
Craig, Hiram. See Craig _vs._ Missouri.
Craig _vs._ Missouri, facts, State loan certificates, =4=, 509;
M.'s opinion, certificates as bills of credit, 510-12;
his reply to threat of disunion, 512;
dissenting opinions, 513;
and renewal of attack on Supreme Court, 514-17;
repudiated, 584 _n._
Cranch, William, and trial of Swartwout and Bollmann, =3=, 344, 346.
Crawford, Thomas H., and attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 515.
Crawford, William H., and Yazoo frauds, =3=, 552;
and recharter of first Bank of the United States, =4=, 174, 175;
and Treasury portfolio (1825), 462 _n._;
and American Colonization Society, 474.
Creek Indians, power, =3=, 553.
Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de, on frontier farmers, =1=, 30 _n._
Crime, M. on jurisdiction over cases on high seas, =2=, 465-67;
Federal punishment of common-law offenses, =3=, 23-29.
_See also_ Alien and Sedition Acts; Extradition.
Crisis of 1819, banking and speculation, =4=, 176-85;
bank suits to recover loans, 185, 198;
popular demand for more money, 186;
character of State bank notes, 191-96;
early mismanagement of second Bank of the United States, 196;
its reforms and demands on State banks force crisis, 197-99;
popular hostility to it, 198, 199, 206;
lax bankrupt laws and frauds, 200-03;
influence on M., 205;
distress and demagoguery, 206;
movement to destroy Bank of United States through State taxation,
206-08;
M.'s decisions as remedies, 208, 220.
_See also_ Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward; M'Culloch _vs._
Maryland; Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
Crissy, James, publishes biography of Washington, =3=, 273 _n._
Crouch, Richard, on M., =4=, 67 _n._
Crowninshield, Richard. See Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
Culpeper County, Va., minute men, =1=, 69.
Curtius letters on M.'s candidacy (1798), =2=, 395, 396;
recalled, =3=, 534.
Cushing, William, and Chief Justiceship, =3=, 121 _n._;
Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 584, 585 _n._;
death, =4=, 60, 106.
Cushman, Joshua, on expansion, =4=, 342 _n._
Cutler, Manasseh,
on Chase trial, =3=, 183 _n._, 212 _n._, 217 _n._, 221.
Daggett, David, counsel in Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, =4=, 209;
on Holmes in Dartmouth College case, 253 _n._
Dallas, Alexander J., in Fries trial, =3=, 36;
and Burr, 68 _n._;
counsel in _Nereid_ case, =4=, 131.
Dana, Edmund P., testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 491.
Dana, Francis, and X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 227;
sedition trial, =3=, 44-46;
on declaring acts void, 117.
Dana, Samuel W., Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 472, 475;
in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 90, 91;
on Chandler case, 130 _n._;
and Eaton's report on Burr's plans, 305 _n._
Dandridge, Julius B., case, =4=, 482.
Daniel, Henry, attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 515.
Daniel, William, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Dartmouth, Earl of, and Dartmouth College, =4=, 224.
Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward,
origin of college, charter, =4=, 223-26;
troubles, 226-29;
political involution, 229;
State reorganization and annulment of charter, 230, 231;
rival administrations, 231-33;
Story's relationship, 232, 243 _n._, 251, 252, 257, 259 _n._,
274, 275;
counsel, 233, 234, 237-40, 259;
case, 233;
story of recruiting Indian students, 233 _n._;
State trial and decision, 234-36;
appeal to Supreme Court, lack of public interest there, 236;
argument, 240-55;
effort to place case on broader basis, 244, 251, 252;
Webster's tribute to Dartmouth, 248-50;
continued, 255;
influences on Justices, Kent, 255-58, 258 _n._, 259 _n._;
fees and portraits, 255 _n._;
value of Shirley's book on, 258 _n._, 259 _n._;
Pinkney's attempt to reopen, frustrated by M., 259-61, 274;
M.'s opinion, 261-73;
judgment _nunc pro tunc_, 273;
later public attention, 275;
far-reaching consequences, modern attitude, 276-81;
recent discussions, 280 _n._
_See also_ Contracts.
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton, Federal appointment, =2=, 560 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 315-19;
middle name, 317 _n._;
pamphlet, 525.
Davis, ----, on "Hail, Columbia!" =2=, 343 _n._
Davis, David, on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 280.
Davis, John, and M.'s candidacy for President, =4=, 33;
identity, 34 _n._
Davis, Judge John, United States _vs._ Palmer, =4=, 126.
Davis, Sussex D., anecdote of M., =4=, 83 _n._
Davis, Thomas T., in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 74.
Davis, William R., on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54;
Granville heirs case, =4=, 154;
report on Supreme Court, 515.
Dawson, Henry B.,
on bribery in Massachusetts Ratification, =1=, 354 _n._
Dawson, John, in Virginia Ratification Convention, =1=, 470.
Dawson's Lessee _vs._ Godfrey, =4=, 54 _n._
Dayson, Aquella, sells land to M., =1=, 196.
Dayson, Lucy, sells land to M., =1=, 196.
Dayton, Jonathan, support of Adams (1800), =2=, 518;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 67;
and Pickering impeachment, 167, 168 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, 290, 291, 300, 308;
career, 290 _n._;
Indiana Canal Company, 291 _n._;
_nolle prosequi_, 515;
security for Burr, 517.
Deane, Silas, and Beaumarchais, =2=, 292 _n._
Dearborn, Henry, and Ogden-Smith trial, =3=, 436 _n._
Debating at William and Mary, =1=, 158.
Debts, spirit of repudiation of private, =1=, 294, 298;
imprisonment for, =3=, 13 _n._, 15 _n._, =4=, 215, 216;
and hostility to lawyers, =3=, 23 _n._;
M. on political factor under Confederation, 259-61.
_See also_ British debts;
Contracts; Crisis of 1819; Finances; Public debts.
Decatur, Stephen, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 302, 303;
at trial of Burr, testimony, 452, 458, 488 _n._;
career and grievance, 458 _n._
Declaration of Independence, anticipated, =3=, 118;
M.'s biography of Washington on, 244.
Declaring acts void, Henry on, =1=, 429;
M. on, in Ratification debate, 452, 453, =2=, 18;
Jefferson's suppressed paragraph on (1801), =3=, 52;
congressional debate on judicial right (1802), 60, 62, 64, 67-71,
73, 74, 82, 85, 87, 91;
M.'s preparation for assertion of power, 104, 109;
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and State Rights doctrine, 105-08;
effect of this, 108;
necessity of decision on power, 109, 131;
problem of vehicle for assertion, 111, 121-24;
dangers involved in M.'s course, 111-14;
question in Federal Convention, 114-16;
importance of Marbury _vs._ Madison, unique opportunity, 116, 118,
127, 131, 142;
no new argument in it, M.'s knowledge of previous opinions, 116-20,
611-13;
condition of Supreme Court as obstacle to M.'s determination, 120;
dilemma of Marbury _vs._ Madison as vehicle, solution, 126-33;
opinion on power in Marbury _vs._ Madison, 138-42;
effect of decision on attacks on Judiciary, 143, 153, 155;
Jefferson and opinion, 143, 144, 153;
lack of public notice of opinion, 153-55;
M. suggests legislative reversal of judicial opinions, 177, 178;
bibliography, 613;
M.'s avoidance in Federal laws, =4=, 117, 118;
his caution in State laws, 261;
Supreme Court action on State laws, 373, 377;
proposed measures to restrict it, 378-80.
_See also_ Judiciary; and, respecting State laws, Appellate
jurisdiction; Contracts; Eleventh Amendment, and the
following cases: Brown _vs._ Maryland; Cohens _vs._ Virginia;
Craig _vs._ Missouri; Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward;
Fletcher _vs._ Peck; Gibbons _vs._ Ogden; Green _vs._ Biddle;
M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland; Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee;
New Jersey _vs._ Wilson; Osgood _vs._ Bank;
Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield; Terrett _vs._ Taylor;
Worcester _vs._ Georgia.
Dedham, Mass., denounces lawyers, =3=, 23 _n._
Delaware, Ratification, =1=, 325.
Delaware Indians, New Jersey land case, =4=, 221-23.
Demagogism,
opportunity and tales under Confederation, =1=, 290-92, 297, 309;
J. Q. Adams on opportunity, =2=, 17;
and crisis of, 1819, =4=, 206.
_See also_ Government.
Democracy,
growth of belief in restriction, =1=, 252, 253, 300-02, 308;
union with State Rights, =3=, 48;
M.'s extreme lack of faith in, 109, 265, =4=, 4, 55, 93, 479-83,
488;
chaotic condition after War of 1812, =4=, 170.
_See also_ Government; People; Social conditions.
Democratic Party, as term of contempt, =2=, 439 _n._, =3=, 234 _n._
_See also_ Republican Party.
Democratic societies, development, =2=, 38;
opposition and support, 38-41;
decline, 41;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 88;
and Jay's negotiations, 113.
Denmark, and Barbary Powers, =2=, 499.
Dennison, ----, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 547.
De Pestre, Colonel, attempt to seduce, =3=, 515 _n._
Despotism, demagogic fear, =1=, 291;
feared under Federal Constitution, 333;
in Ratification debate, 352, 398, 400, 404, 406, 409-11, 417, 427,
428.
Dexter, Samuel, and M. (1796), =2=, 198;
Secretary of War, 485, 493, 494;
_Aurora_ on, 492;
seals M.'s commission, 557;
and M.'s logic, =4=, 85;
as practitioner before M., 95;
counsel in Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 161;
as court orator, 133.
Dickinson, John,
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, =3=, 115 _n._
Dickinson, Philemon, and intrigue against Adams, =2=, 529 _n._
_Diligente, Amelia_ case, =3=, 16.
Dinners, as form of social life in Richmond, =3=, 394;
of Quoit Club, =4=, 77;
M.'s lawyer, 78, 79.
Direct tax,
Fries's Insurrection and pardon, =2=, 429-31, 435, =3=, 34-36.
_See also_ Taxation.
Directory, M. declines mission to, =2=, 144-46;
18th Fructidor, 230, 245 _n._, 246 _n._;
M. on it, 232, 236-44;
M.'s analysis of economic conditions, 267-70;
English negotiations (1797), 295;
preparations against England (1798), 321, 322;
need of funds, 322, 323.
_See also_ Franco-American War;
French Revolution; X. Y. Z. Mission.
Discipline, in Revolutionary army, =1=, 87, 120.
Disestablishment, Virginia controversy, =1=, 221, 222;
in New Hampshire, =4=, 227, 230 _n._
Disputed Elections Bill (1800), =2=, 452-58.
District-attorneys, United States, plan to remove Federalist, =3=, 21.
District of Columbia, popular fear of, =1=, 291, 438, 439, 456, 477.
_See also_ Capital; Washington, D.C.
_Divina Pastora_ case, =4=, 128.
Division of powers, arguments on, during Ratification, =1=, 320, 334,
375, 382, 388, 405, 438;
supremacy of National powers, =4=, 293, 302-08, 347-49, 438.
_See also_ Nationalism.
Divorce, by legislation, =2=, 55 _n._
Doddridge, Philip,
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 502 _n._;
on attack on Supreme Court, 515.
Domicil in enemy country, enemy character of property, =4=, 128, 129.
Dorchester, Lord, Indian speech, =2=, 111.
Drake, James, and sedition trial, =3=, 32.
Dred Scott case, and declaring Federal acts void, =3=, 132 _n._
Dress, frontier, =1=, 40;
of Virginia legislators, 59, 200;
contrast of elegance and squalor, 280;
of early National period, =3=, 396, 397.
Drinking, in colonial and later Virginia, =1=, 23;
rules of William and Mary College on, 156 _n._;
extent (c. 1800), 186 _n._, 281-83, =2=, 102 _n._, =3=, 400,
501 _n._;
M.'s wine bills, =1=, 186;
distilleries, =2=, 86 _n._;
at Washington, =3=, 9;
frontier, =4=, 189 _n._
Duane, William, prosecution by Senate, =2=, 454 _n._;
trial for sedition, =3=, 46 _n._;
advances to Blennerhassett, 514.
_See also_ _Aurora_.
Duché, Jacob, beseeches Washington to apostatize, =1=, 105.
Duckett, Allen B., and Swartwout and Bollmann, =3=, 346.
Dueling, prevalence, =3=, 278 _n._
Dunbar, Thomas, in Braddock's defeat, =1=, 5.
Dunbaugh, Jacob, and trial of Burr, evidence, =3=, 393, 459, 462, 463;
credibility destroyed, 523.
Dunmore, Lord, Norfolk raid, =1=, 74-79.
Dutrimond, ----, and X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 326.
Duval, Gabriel, appointed Justice, =4=, 60;
and Dartmouth College case, 255;
dissent in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, 482 _n._;
resigns, 582, 584;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583.
Dwight, Theodore, on Republican rule (1801), =3=, 12.
Early, Peter, argument in Chase trial, =3=, 197.
Eaton, John H., on Supreme Court, =4=, 451.
Eaton, William, on Jefferson, =3=, 149 _n._;
antagonism to Jefferson, 302;
career in Africa, 302 _n._, 303 _n._;
conference with Burr, report of it, 303-05, 307;
affidavit on Burr's statement, 345, 352;
claim paid, 345 _n._;
at trial of Burr, testimony, 429, 452, 459, 487;
loses public esteem, 523.
Economic conditions, influence on Federal Convention and Ratification,
=1=, 241, 242, 310, 312, 429 _n._, 441 _n._;
prosperity during Confederation, 306;
influence on attitude towards French Revolution, =2=, 42;
and first parties, 75, 96 _n._, 125 _n._
_See also_ Banking; Commerce;
Contracts; Crisis of 1819; Land; Prices; Social conditions.
_Edinburgh Review_, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 271;
on United States (1820), =4=, 190 _n._
Education, of colonial Virginia women, =1=, 18 _n._, 24 _n._;
in colonial Virginia, 24;
M.'s, 42, 53, 57;
condition under Confederation, 271-73;
M. on general, =4=, 472.
_See also_ Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward; Social conditions.
Eggleston, Joseph, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 412.
Egotism, as National characteristic, =3=, 13.
Eighteenth Fructidor _coup d'état_, =2=, 230, 245 _n._, 246 _n._;
M. on, 232, 236-44;
Pinckney and, 246 _n._
Elections, Federal, in Virginia (1789), =2=, 49, 50;
(1794), 106;
State, in Virginia (1795), 129-30;
Henry and presidential candidacy (1796), 156-58;
M.'s campaign for Congress (1798), 374-80, 401, 409-16;
issues in 1798, 410;
methods and scenes in Virginia, 413.
_1800_:
Federalist dissensions, Hamiltonian plots, =2=, 438, 488, 515-18,
521, 526;
issues, 439, 520;
influence of campaign on Congress, 438;
Federalist bill to control, M.'s defeat of it, 452-58;
effect of defeat of bill, 456;
effect of Federalist dissensions, 488;
Adams's attack on Hamiltonians, 518, 525;
Adams's advances to Jefferson, 519;
Republican ascendancy, 519, 521;
and new French negotiations, 522, 524;
M.'s efforts for Federalist harmony, 526;
Hamilton's attack on Adams, 527-29;
campaign virulence, 529;
size of Republican success, 531;
Federalist press on result, 532 _n._;
Jefferson-Burr contest in Congress, 532-47;
Jefferson's fear of Federalist intentions, 533;
reasons for Federalist support of Burr, 534-36;
Burr and Republican success, 535 _n._;
M.'s neutrality, 536-38;
his personal interest in contest, 538, 539;
influence of his neutrality, 539;
Burr's refusal to favor Federalist plan, 539 _n._;
_Washington Federalist's_ contrast of Jefferson and Burr,
541 _n._;
question of deadlock and appointment of a Federalist, 541-43;
Jefferson's threat of armed resistance, 543;
Federalists ignore threat, 544, 545 _n._;
effect of Burr's attitude and Jefferson's promises, 545-47,
=3=, 18;
election of Jefferson, =2=, 547;
rewards to Republican workers, =3=, 81 _n._
_1804_:
Campaign and attacks on Judiciary, =3=, 184.
_1812_:
M.'s candidacy, =4=, 31-34;
Clinton as candidate, 47;
possible victory if M. had been nominated, 47.
_1828_:
M. and, 462-65.
_1832_:
Bank as issue, 532 _n._, 533;
M.'s attitude, 534.
Electoral vote, counting in open session, =3=, 197.
Eleventh Amendment, origin, =2=, 84 _n._, =3=, 554;
purpose and limitation, =4=, 354;
and suits against State officers, 385, 387-91.
Elkison, Henry, case, =4=, 382.
Elliot, James, on Wilkinson's conduct, =3=, 358.
Elliot, Jonathan, inaccuracy of _Debates_, =1=, 388 _n._
Ellsworth, Oliver, and presidential candidacy (1800), =2=, 438;
on Sedition Law, 451;
resigns Chief Justiceship, 552;
and common-law jurisdiction on expatriation, =3=, 27, =4=, 53;
and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 53, 128;
on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
Ellsworth, William W., and attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 515.
Emancipation,
as involved in Nationalist development, =4=, 370, 420, 536.
Embargo Act, =4=, 11;
effect, opposition, 12-16;
M.'s opinion, 14, 118;
Force Act, 16;
repeal, 22.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Emmet, Thomas A., as practitioner before M., =4=, 95, 135 _n._;
counsel in _Nereid_ case, 131;
appearance, 133;
counsel in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 424, 427.
Eppes, John W., and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), =3=, 348;
and amendment on Judiciary, =4=, 378 _n._
Eppes, Tabby, M.'s gossip on, =1=, 182.
Equality, demand for division of property, =1=, 294, 298;
lack of social (1803), =3=, 13.
Equity, M. and Virginia act on proceedings (1787), =1=, 218-20.
_See also_ Judiciary.
Erskine, David M., non-intercourse controversy, =4=, 22.
Everett, Edward, and Madison's views on Nullification, =4=, 556.
_Exchange case_, =4=, 121-25.
Excise, unpopularity of Federal, =2=, 86;
New England and, 86 _n._
_See also_ Taxation; Whiskey Insurrection.
Exclusive powers, and State bankruptcy laws, =4=, 208-12.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Expatriation, Ellsworth's denial of right, =3=, 27;
and impressment, 27 _n._
_See also_ Impressment.
Exterritoriality of foreign man-of-war, =4=, 122-25.
Extradition, foreign, Virginia act (1784), =1=, 235-41;
Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 458-75.
"Faction," as a term of political reproach, =2=, 410 _n._
Fairfax, Baron, career and character, =1=, 47-50;
influence on Washington and M.'s father, 50.
_See also_ Fairfax estate.
Fairfax, Denny M., M.'s debt, =3=, 223;
and Hunter's grant, =4=, 147;
sale of land to M.'s brother, 150 _n._
Fairfax estate, M.'s argument on right, =1=, 191-96;
M.'s purchase and title, 196, =2=, 100, 101, 203-11, 371, 373,
=3=, 582;
in Reconstruction debate, =1=, 447-49, 458;
Jay Treaty and, =2=, 129;
controversy over title, Virginia Legislature and compromise, 206,
209, =4=, 148-50;
and Judiciary Bill (1801), =2=, 551;
M.'s children at, =4=, 74;
M.'s life at, 74.
See also Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Fairfax's Devisee _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
_See_ Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Falls of the Ohio, Burr's plan to canalize, =3=, 291 _n._
Farmicola, ----, tavern in Richmond, =1=, 172.
Farrar, Timothy, Report of Dartmouth College case, =4=, 250 _n._
Fauchet, Jean A. J., and Randolph, =2=, 146.
Fauquier County, Va., minute men, =1=, 69.
Faux, William,
on frontier inhabitants, =4=, 188, 189 _n._, 190, 190 _n._
Federal Constitution, constitutionality of assumption, =2=, 66;
Bank, 71-74;
and party politics, 75;
excise, 87;
neutrality proclamation, 95;
treaty-making power, 119, 128, 133, 134-36, 141;
Alien and Sedition Acts, 383, 404.
_See also_ Amendment;
Federal Convention; Government;
Marshall, John (_Chief Justice_);
Nationalism; Ratification; State Rights.
Federal Convention, economic mainspring, =1=, 241, 242, 310, 312;
demand for a second convention, 242, 248, 355, 362, 379-81, 477,
=2=, 49, 57 _n._;
class of Framers, =1=, 255 _n._;
secrecy, 323, 335, 405;
revolutionary results, 323-25, 373, 375, 425;
and declaring acts void, =3=, 114-16;
M.'s biography of Washington on, 262;
and treason, 402;
on obligation of contracts, 557 _n._, 558 _n._;
commerce clause, =4=, 423.
_See also_ Ratification.
Federal District. See District of Columbia.
_Federalist_, influence on Marbury decision, =3=, 119, 120.
Federalist Party, use, =2=, 74-76;
economic basis, 125 _n._;
leaders impressed by M. (1796), 198;
effect of X. Y. Z. Mission, 355, 358;
fatality of Alien and Sedition Acts, 361, 381;
issues in 1798, 410;
French hostility as party asset, 422, 424, 427;
and Adams's renewal of negotiations, 422-28;
and pardon of Fries, 429-31;
M.'s importance to, in Congress, 432, 436;
M. and breaking-up, 514, 515, 526;
hopes in control of enlarged Judiciary, 547, 548;
in defeat, on Republican rule, =3=, 11-15;
Jefferson on forebodings, 14;
Judiciary as stronghold, Republican fear, 20, 21, 77;
and plans against Judiciary, 22;
and perpetual allegiance, 27 _n._;
and Louisiana Purchase, 148-53;
and impeachment of Chase, 173;
moribund, 256, 257;
M. on origin, 259-61;
secession plots and Burr, 281, 298;
intrigue with Merry, 281, 288;
as British partisans, =4=, 1, 2, 9, 10;
and _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, 9;
and Embargo, 12-17;
and Erskine, 22;
and War of, 1812, 30, 45, 46, 48.
_See also_ Congress; Elections; Politics; Secession.
Fenno, John, on troubles of conservative editor, =2=, 30.
Fertilizing Co. _vs._ Hyde Park, =4=, 279 _n._
Few, William, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
Fiction, M.'s fondness, =1=, 41, =4=, 79.
Field, Peter, =1=, 11 _n._
Filibustering, first act against, =1=, 237.
Finances, powerlessness of Confederation, =1=, 232, 295-97, 304, 387,
388, 415-17.
_See also_ Banking; Bankruptcy; Debts; Economic conditions; Money;
Taxation.
Finch, Francis M., on treason, =3=, 401.
Findley, John, on Yazoo claims, =3=, 579.
Finnie, William, relief bill, =1=, 215.
Fisher, George, M.'s neighbor, =2=, 172;
and Bank of Virginia, =4=, 194.
Fiske, John, on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 277.
Fitch, Jabez G., and Lyon, =3=, 31, 32.
Fitch, John, steamboat invention, =4=, 399 _n._, 409 _n._
Fitzhugh,----, at William and Mary, =1=, 159.
Fitzhugh, Nicholas, and Swartwout and Bollmann, =3=, 346.
Fitzhugh, William H.,
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 501 _n._
Fitzpatrick, Richard, in Philadelphia society, =1=, 110.
Fleming, William, of Virginia Court of Appeals, =4=, 148.
"Fletcher of Saltoun," attack on M., =4=, 361 _n._
Fletcher, Robert. _See_ Fletcher _vs._ Peck.
Fletcher _vs._ Peck, decision anticipated, =3=, 88;
importance and results, 556, 593-95, 602;
origin, 583;
before Circuit Court, 584;
before Supreme Court, first hearing, 585;
collusion, Johnson's separate opinion, 585, 592, 601;
second hearing, 585;
M.'s opinion, 586-91;
congressional denunciation of decision, 595-601.
Fleury, Louis, Stony Point, =1=, 140.
Flint, James, on newspaper abuse, =4=, 175 _n._;
on bank mania, 187, 188, 192 _n._, 193;
on bankruptcy frauds, 202.
Flint, Timothy, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 270.
Florida, Bowles's activity, =2=, 497-99;
M. on annexation and territorial government, =4=, 142-44.
_See also_ West Florida.
Floyd, Davis, Indiana Canal Company, =3=, 291 _n._;
Burr conspiracy, 361.
Floyd, John, and Nullification, =4=, 567.
Folch, Visente, on Wilkinson, =3=, 284 _n._, 337 _n._
Food, frontier, =1=, 39;
of period of the Confederation, 280-82.
Foot, Samuel A., resolution and Hayne-Webster debate, =4=, 553 _n._
Force Act (1809), =4=, 16.
Fordyce, Captain, battle of Great Bridge, =1=, 77.
Foreign relations, policy of isolation, =2=, 235, 388, =3=, 14.
_See also_ Neutrality.
Forsyth, John, attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 395.
Foster, Thomas F., attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 516.
Foushee, William, Richmond physician, =1=, 189 _n._;
candidacy for Ratification Convention, 364;
and Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, =2=, 152;
grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413.
Fowler, John, on Judiciary Act of 1801, =2=, 561 _n._
France, American alliance, =1=, 133, 138;
hatred of Federalists, =4=, 2-5, 15.
_See also_ Directory; Franco-American War; French and Indian War;
French Revolution; Napoleonic Wars; Neutral trade; X. Y. Z.
Mission.
Franco-American War, preparations, =2=, 355, 357, 403;
Washington on, 357;
Jefferson and prospect, 358;
French hostility as Federalist asset, 422, 424, 427;
political result of reopening negotiations, 422-28, 433, 436;
naval exploits, 427;
M. and renewal of negotiations, 428;
M. on need of continued preparedness, debate on reducing
army (1800), 436, 439, 476-81;
army as political issue, 439;
_Sandwich_ incident, 496;
England and renewal of negotiations, 501;
negotiations and presidential campaign, 522, 524;
M. and prospects of negotiations, 522, 523;
treaty, 524;
treaty in Senate, 525;
_Amelia_ case, =3=, 16, 17.
_See also_ X. Y. Z. Mission.
Franklin, Benjamin, Albany Plan, =1=, 9 _n._;
on newspaper abuse, 268, 269, =3=, 204;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 115 _n._
Franklin, Jesse, and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 168 _n._;
of Smith committee, 541 _n._
Franks, Rebecca, on British occupation of Philadelphia, =1=, 109.
Fraud, and obligation of contracts, =3=, 587, 598, 599.
Frederick County, Va., Indian raids, =1=, 1 _n._
Fredericksburg, Va., as Republican stronghold (1798), =2=, 354.
Free ships, free goods, Jay Treaty and, =2=, 114, 128;
and X. Y. Z. Mission, 303-05;
and neutral goods in enemy ships, =4=, 137-41.
"Freeholder," queries to M. (1898), M.'s reply, =2=, 386-89, 574-77.
Freeman, Constant, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 330.
French and Indian War, raids, =1=, 1, 30 _n._;
Braddock's march and defeat, 2-5;
effect of defeat on colonists, 5, 6, 9.
French decrees on Neutral trade, =4=, 6, 7, 26, 36-39.
French Revolution, influence of American Revolution, =2=, 1;
influence on United States, 2-4, 42-44;
universality of early American approval, 4, 9;
Morris's unfavorable reports, 6-9, 248;
first division of American opinion, 10, 15, 22;
Burke's warning, 10-12;
influence of Paine's _Rights of Man_, 12-15;
Adams's Publicola papers, 15-18;
replies to them, 18, 19;
American enthusiasm and popular support, 19, 22, 23, 27-31;
influence on politicians, 20;
influence of St. Domingo rising, 20-22;
conservative American opinion, 23, 32, 40;
Jefferson on influence, 24, 39;
Jefferson's support of excesses, 24-26;
Short's reports, 24 _n._, 25 _n._;
popular reception of Genêt, his conduct, 28, 29, 301;
humors of popular enthusiasm, 34-36;
and hostility to titles, 36-38;
American democratic clubs, 38-40, 88, 89;
economic division of opinion, 42;
policy of American neutrality, 92-107;
British depredations on neutral trade, question of war, 108-12;
Jay Treaty, 112-15;
support of Republican Party, 131 _n._, 223;
Monroe as Minister, 222, 224;
Henry's later view, 411.
_See also_ Directory.
Freneau, Philip, on country editor, =1=, 270 _n._;
on frontiersman, 275;
defends French Revolution, =2=, 30 _n._;
on Lafayette, 33;
as Jefferson's mouthpiece, 81;
attacks on Washington, 93 _n._;
on Jay Treaty, 118.
Fries's Insurrection, pardons, =2=, 429-31, =3=, 36 _n._;
M. on, =2=, 435;
trial, 8, 34-36.
Frontier, advance after French and Indian War, =1=, 38;
qualities of frontiersmen, 28-31, 235, 274-77, =4=, 188-90;
conditions of life, =1=, 39-41, 53, 54 _n._;
and Virginia foreign extradition act (1784), 236-41.
_See also_ West.
Frontier posts, retention and non-payment of British debts, =1=, 225,
227, 230, =2=, 108, 111;
surrender, 114.
Fulton, Robert,
steamboat experiments, Livingston's interest, =4=, 397-99;
partnership and success, grant of New York monopoly, 400;
and steamboats on the Mississippi, monopoly in Louisiana, 402, 414.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Fulton Street, New York, origin of name, =4=, 402 _n._
Funding. _See_ Public debt.
Fur-trade, and retention of frontier posts, =2=, 108.
Gaillard, John, votes to acquit Chase, =3=, 218.
Gaines, Edward P., and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 367, 456 _n._
Gallatin, Albert, and M. in Richmond (1784), =1=, 183;
on Murray and French negotiations, =2=, 423 _n._;
and cession of Western Reserve, 446;
and Jonathan Robins case, 464, 474;
on Jefferson-Burr contest, 547;
on Washington (1802), =3=, 4;
commission on Georgia's cession, 574 _n._
Gamble, John G., Burr's security, =3=, 429 _n._
Garnett, James M., grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Garnett, Robert S., on Nationalism and overthrow of slavery, =4=, 536.
Gaston, William, and Granville heirs case, =4=, 156 _n._
Gates, Horatio, Conway Cabal, =1=, 121-23.
_Gazette of the United States_, lack of public support, =2=, 30;
on M.'s reception (1798), 344;
on Republican success (1800), 532 _n._
Gazor, Madame de, actress, =2=, 232.
General welfare, clause feared, =1=, 333;
M. on protection (1788), 414;
and internal improvements, =4=, 418.
_See also_ Implied powers.
Georgetown in 1801, =3=, 3.
Genêt, Edmond C., popular and official reception, =2=, 28, 29;
M.'s review of conduct, 301.
Georgia, Ratification, =1=, 325;
conditions (1795), =3=, 552;
western claim and cession, 553, 569, 570, 573;
tax on Bank of the United States, =4=, 207;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334;
steamboat monopoly, 415.
_See also_ Cherokee Indians; Yazoo.
Georgia Company, Yazoo land purchase, =3=, 550.
_See also_ Yazoo.
Georgia Mississippi Company, Yazoo land purchase, =3=, 550.
_See also_ Yazoo.
Germantown, Pa., battle, =1=, 102.
Germantown, Va., on frontier, =1=, 7.
Gerry, Elbridge, on revolutionary action of Framers, =1=, 324;
and Ratification, 352, 353;
on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54;
accident (1790), 55 _n._;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 115 _n._;
and on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
_See also_ X. Y. Z. Mission.
Gettysburg Address, M. and, =4=, 293 _n._
Gibbons, Thomas, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 409-11.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, steamship monopoly in New York, =4=, 401;
claim to monopoly in interstate voyages, opposition, retaliatory
acts, 403, 404, 415;
early suits on monopoly, avoidance of Federal Constitution, 405;
Kent's opinion on monopoly and power over interstate commerce,
406-12;
concurrent or exclusive power, 409, 426, 427, 434-38, 443-45;
early history of final case, 409-12;
importance and effect of decision, 413, 423, 429, 446, 447, 450;
counsel before Supreme Court, 413, 423, 424;
continuance, 413;
increase of State monopoly grants, 414, 415;
great development of steamboat transportation, 415, 416;
suit and internal improvements controversy, 416-21;
and tariff controversy, 421;
political importance, 422;
specific question, 422;
origin of commerce clause in Constitution, 422;
argument, 424-37;
confusion in State regulation, 426;
M.'s earlier decision on subject, 427-29;
M.'s opinion, 429-33;
field of term commerce, navigation, 431, 432;
power oversteps State boundaries, 433;
supremacy of National coasting license over State regulations,
438-41;
effect of strict construction, 442;
Johnson's opinion, 443;
popularity of decision, 445;
later New York decision upholding, 447-51.
Gibson, John B., and M., =4=, 82.
Gilchrist _vs._ Collector, =3=, 154 _n._
Giles, William B., attack on Hamilton, =2=, 84 _n._;
on Jay Treaty and Fairfax estate, 129;
accuses M. of hypocrisy, 140;
on Washington, 165 _n._;
deserts Congress (1798), 340 _n._;
and Judiciary Bill (1801), 551;
and assault on Judiciary, repeal of Act of 1801, =3=, 22, 76-78,
=4=, 490, 491;
as House leader, =3=, 75;
appearance, 76;
and M., 76 _n._;
accident (1805), 55 _n._;
on spoils, 157;
leader in Senate, 157 _n._, 159 _n._;
on right of impeachment, 158, 173;
attempt to win Burr, 182;
and Chase trial, 197;
vote on Chase, 218, 219;
and bill to suspend habeas corpus (1807), 346;
and Judiciary and Burr trial, 357, 382, 507;
and grand jury on Burr, 410, 422;
and attempted expulsion of Senator Smith, 544;
on Yazoo claims, 581;
on Federalists as Anglicans, =4=, 10;
and recharter of first Bank of the United States, 174;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
conservatism there, 489, 507;
in debate on State Judiciary, 490-492, 496, 499;
reflects on Jefferson, 491.
Gilmer, Francis W., on M. as a lawyer, =2=, 178, 193-95;
character, 396 _n._
Gindrat, Henry, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 546, 547.
Goddard, Calvin, in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 74 _n._, 87.
Goode, Samuel, and slavery, =2=, 450.
Goodrich, Chauncey, on Federalist confusion (1800), =2=, 516;
and new French negotiations, 522;
on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 237 _n._, 248.
Goodrich, Samuel G., on state of education (c. 1790), =1=, 271.
Gordon, William F., and bill on Supreme Court, =4=, 515, 516.
Gore, Christopher, argument for Ratification, =1=, 343.
Gorham, Nathaniel,
on Constitutionalist leaders in Massachusetts, =1=, 347 _n._
Government,
general dislike after Revolution, =1=, 232, 275, 284, 285, 289;
effect of Paine's _Common Sense_, 288.
_See also_ Anarchy; Bill of Rights; Confederation; Congress;
Continental Congress; Crime; Demagogism; Democracy; Despotism;
Division of powers; Federal Constitution; Judiciary; Law and
order; Legislature; Liberty; License; Majority; Marshall,
John (_Chief Justice_); Monarchy; Nationalism; Nobility;
Nullification; People; Police powers; Politics; President;
Religious tests; State Rights; Secession; Separation of
powers; Treason; Suffrage.
Governor, powers of territorial, =2=, 446.
_Grace_, brig, =2=, 219.
Graham, Catharine M., on American and French revolutions, =2=, 2 _n._
Graham, John, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 323, 324, 326, 456 _n._
Grand jury, character of early Federal charges, =3=, 30 _n._;
in Burr trial, 408-15, 422, 442, 451.
Granger, Gideon, and drinking, =3=, 9 _n._;
and Yazoo claims, Randolph's denunciation, 576 _n._, 577, 578, 581;
and Connecticut Reserve, 578;
and Justiceship, =4=, 109, 110.
Granville heirs case, =4=, 154, 155, 155 _n._, 156 _n._
Graves, James, case, =4=, 552 _n._
Gravier, John, New Orleans batture controversy, =4=, 102.
Gray, William F., on M., =4=, 67 _n._
Graydon, Alexander, on Ratification in Pennsylvania, =1=, 327 _n._;
on military titles, 328 _n._;
on reception of Genêt, =2=, 29.
Grayson, William, in the Legislature, =1=, 203;
on Ratification in Virginia, 402, 403 _n._;
characterized, 423;
in debate in Ratification Convention, 424-27, 431, 435, 436, 438,
461, 470;
appeal to fear, 439 _n._;
on prospect of Ratification, 442, 444;
on Washington's influence on it, 475;
chosen Senator, =2=, 50;
on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54.
Great Bridge, battle of, =1=, 76-78.
Great Britain,
Anti-Constitutionalist praise of government, =1=, 391, 405, 426;
M.'s reply, 418;
depredations on neutral trade (1793-94), =2=, 107, 108;
retention of frontier posts, 108;
unpreparedness for war with, 108-10;
courts war, 110-12;
Jay Treaty, 112-15;
American and French relations and X. Y. Z. Mission, 271, 283, 312,
321, 322;
French negotiations (1797), 295;
French preparations to invade (1798), 321, 322;
and Bowles in Florida, 498;
disruption of commission on British debts, compromise, 500-05;
and renewal of American negotiations with France, 501;
M.'s protest on depredations on neutral trade, 506-14;
Federalists as partisans, =4=, 2-5, 9, 10;
Jefferson's hatred, 8, 11 _n._, 26 _n._
_See also_ American Revolution; British debts; Jay Treaty;
Napoleonic Wars; Neutral trade; War of 1812.
Green, John. _See_ Green _vs._ Biddle.
Green _vs._ Biddle, =4=, 375, 376, 380.
Greene, Nathanael, on state of the army (1776), =1=, 81;
intrigue against, 122;
as Quartermaster-General, 133;
Johnson's biography, =3=, 267 _n._
Greene, Mrs. Nathanael, and Eli Whitney, =3=, 555.
Gregg, Andrew, and reply to President's address (1799), =2=, 436.
Grenville, Lord, and British debts, =2=, 502.
Grey, Sir Charles, in Philadelphia campaign, =1=, 100.
Greybell, ----, evidence in Burr trial, =3=, 451.
Griffin, Cyrus, Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 188;
and trial of Burr, =3=, 398;
Jefferson's attempt to influence, 520;
question of successor, =4=, 100, 103-06;
career, 105 _n._
Grigsby, Hugh B., on hardships of travel, =1=, 260;
on prosperity of Virginia, 306 _n._;
on importance of Virginia in Ratification, 359;
value of work on Virginia Ratification Convention, 369 _n._;
on Giles, =3=, 75 _n._
Griswold, Roger, Judiciary Bill (1801), =2=, 548;
in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 74 _n._, 89;
on bill on sessions of Supreme Court, 96;
on secession, 152;
and Burr and secession, 281, 289.
Grundy, Felix, and War of 1812, =4=, 29.
Gunn, James, on enlargement of Federal Judiciary, =2=, 548;
on Chief Justiceship, 553;
and Yazoo lands, =3=, 549, 550, 555;
character, 550 _n._;
burned in effigy, 559.
Gurley, R. R., and M. and American Colonization Society, =4=, 474.
Habeas corpus, attempt of Congress to suspend privileges of
writ (1807), =3=, 346-48.
Hague, The, M. on, =2=, 231.
"Hail, Columbia!" origin, historic importance, =2=, 343.
Hale, Benjamin, and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 239 _n._
Hale, Joseph, on Republican rule (1801), =3=, 12;
on plans against Judiciary, 22.
Hall, John E., and Jefferson's attack on Judiciary, =4=, 364.
Hamilton, Alexander, in Philadelphia campaign, =1=, 101;
army intrigue against, 122;
on revolutionary action of Framers, 323 _n._;
and organization of Constitutionalists, 357, 358;
on importance of Ratification by Virginia, 358;
compared with Madison, 397 _n._;
financial aid to Lee, 435 _n._;
and aid for Fenno, =2=, 30 _n._;
financial measures, 60;
deal on Assumption and Capital, 63, 64;
on Virginia's protest on Assumption, 68;
on constitutionality of Bank, 72-74;
and antagonism in Cabinet, 82;
congressional inquiry, 84;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 87;
on constitutionality of Neutrality Proclamation, 95;
on mercantile support of Jay Treaty, 116, 148;
mobbed, 116;
defense of Jay Treaty, Camillus letters, 120;
and Henry's presidential candidacy (1796), 157 _n._;
and appointment to X. Y. Z. Mission, 227;
on Alien and Sedition Acts, 382;
on Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 408;
control over Adams's Cabinet, 486-88;
attack on Adams, 516, 517 _n._, 527-29;
on new French treaty, 524;
and Jefferson-Burr contest, 533, 536;
statement in _Federalist_ on judicial supremacy, =3=, 119, 120;
Adams on, and French War, 258 _n._;
M.'s biography of Washington on, 263;
pursuit of Burr, 277 _n._, 281;
duel, 278 _n._;
and army in French War, 277 _n._;
and Spanish America, 286 _n._;
opinion on Yazoo lands, 568, 569;
and Harper's opinion, 572 _n._
Hamilton, James, Jr., on Tariff of 1824, =4=, 537;
and of 1828, 537;
and Nullification, 560, 574.
Hammond, Charles, counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 385.
Hampton, Wade, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 548, 566 _n._
Hancock, John, and Ratification, =1=, 339, 344, 347;
Madison on, 339 _n._
Handwriting, M.'s, =1=, 211.
Hanson, A. C, on Embargo and secession, =4=, 17.
Harding, Chester, portraits of M., on M., =4=, 76, 85.
Harding, Samuel B.,
on bribery in Massachusetts Ratification, =1=, 354 _n._
Hare, Charles W., on Embargo, =4=, 17 _n._
Harper, John L., Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 329, 330.
Harper, Robert G., on French and Jefferson (1797), =2=, 279 _n._;
mob threat against, 355;
cites Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 154 _n._;
counsel for Chase, 185;
argument, 206;
counsel for Swartwout and Bollmann, 345;
and Yazoo lands, pamphlet and debate, 555, 571, 572, 573 _n._;
counsel in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 585;
and Story, =4=, 98;
on Pinkney, 131 _n._;
counsel in Fairfax's Devisee _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 156;
counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, 385.
Harper, William, Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 110.
Harrison, Benjamin, and British debts, =1=, 231;
in the Legislature, 203;
in Ratification Convention: and delay, 372;
characterized, 420;
in the debate, 421;
and amendments, 473.
Harrison, Thomas, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Harrison, William Henry,
Wilkinson's letter introducing Burr, =3=, 298.
Hartford Convention, =4=, 51.
Harvard University, M.'s sons attend, =4=, 73;
honorary degree to M., 89.
Harvey, ----, and Jay Treaty, =2=, 121.
Harvie, Emily, acknowledgment to, =4=, 528 _n._
Harvie, Jacquelin B., and Callender trial, =3=, 192;
M.'s son-in-law, 192 _n._, =4=, 73.
Harvie, Mary (Marshall), =3=, 192 _n._, =4=, 73.
Haskell, Anthony, trial, =3=, 31, 32.
Hauteval, ----, as agent in X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 276.
Hay, George, attack on M. in Jefferson-Burr contest, =2=, 542;
career, 542 _n._;
in Callender trial, =3=, 38, 40;
as witness in Chase trial, 189;
and preliminary hearing on Burr, 370, 372, 373, 379, 380;
and pardon for Bollmann, 392, 450, 452, 453;
prosecutes Burr, 407;
and M., 408, =4=, 78;
and instruction of grand jury, =3=, 413;
and new commitment for treason, 415-17, 423-25;
on incitation of public opinion at trial, 420 _n._;
and subpoena to Jefferson, 434, 435, 440, 518, 520;
reports to Jefferson, instructions from him, 430-32, 434, 448-51,
483, 484;
on M.'s statement of prosecution's expectation of conviction, 448,
449;
on Jackson at trial, 457 _n._;
and confinement of Burr, 477;
on M. and Burr, 483, 484;
opening statement, 484;
on overt act, 500;
threat against M., 500, 501;
and further trials, 515, 521, 523, 524, 527;
on conduct of trial, 526;
fee, 530 _n._;
pamphlet on impressment, =4=, 52.
Hayburn case, =3=, 612.
Hayne, Robert Y., on Tariff of 1828, =4=, 537;
Webster debate, 552;
counter on Jackson's Nullification Proclamation, 564, 565.
Haywood, John, on M., =4=, 66.
Haywood, M. D., anecdote on M., =4=, 64 _n._
Hazard, ----, and Henry Lee, =1=, 435 _n._
Haze, Samuel, and Dartmouth College troubles, =4=, 226.
Health, conditions in Washington, =3=, 6.
Heath, John, on Jay Treaty and Fairfax grant, =2=, 129;
as witness in Chase trial, =3=, 191, 192.
Heath, William, and Ratification, =1=, 347.
Henderson, Archibald, in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 73.
Henderson, Archibald,
acknowledgments to, =4=, 63 _n._, 64 _n._, 66 _n._
Henderson, Richard H., on M., =4=, 489 _n._
Henfield, Gideon, trial, =3=, 25, 26.
Henry, Patrick, as statesman, =1=, 32;
and Robinson's loan-office bill, 60;
Stamp-Act Resolutions, 62-65;
Resolutions for Arming and Defense, 66;
and Conway Cabal, 121;
in the Legislature, 203, 208;
and Council of State as a machine, 210;
and amendment of Virginia Constitution, 217;
and chancery bill (1787), 219;
and British debts, 226, 229 _n._, 230, 441;
and Confederate navigation act, 235;
and extradition bill (1784), 239;
plan for intermarriage of Indians and whites, 240 _n._;
and calling of Ratification Convention, 245;
fear of the Federal District, 291, 439 _n._;
on popular majority against Ratification, 321;
feared by Constitutionalists, 358;
in campaign for Ratification delegates, 365;
in Ratification Convention: on revolutionary action of Framers, 373,
375;
and Nicholas, 374;
characterized, 375;
in the debate, 375, 388-91, 397-400, 403-06, 428-30, 433, 435, 438,
440, 441, 449, 464;
on consolidated government, 375, 388, 389, 433;
on power of the President, 390;
effect of speeches, 392, 403;
and Philips case, 393 _n._, 398;
on Randolph's change of front, 398, 406;
defense of the Confederation, 388, 389, 399;
on Federal Government as alien, 389, 399, 428, 439 _n._;
on free navigation of the Mississippi, 403, 430, 431;
on obligation of contracts, 428;
on payment of paper money, 429;
on declaring acts void, 429;
on danger to the South, 430;
on standing army, 435;
and M., 438, 464;
on need of a Bill of Rights, 440;
on Federal Judiciary, 449, 464;
on Indian lands, 464;
assault on, speculation, 465-67, =2=, 203 _n._;
in contest over recommendatory amendments, =1=, 469-71, 474;
threat to secede from Convention, 472;
submits, 474, 478;
effect of French Revolution on, =2=, 41, 411;
and opposition after Ratification, 48-50, 57 _n._;
and Federal Convention, 60 _n._;
and assumption of State debts, 65;
on Jefferson and Madison, 79;
and offer of Attorney-Generalship, 124-26;
Federalist, 124 _n._;
and presidential candidacy (1796), 156-58;
on abuse of Washington, 164;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, 188;
champions M.'s candidacy for Congress (1798), 411-13;
on Virginia Resolutions, 411;
Jefferson on support of M., 419, 420;
and Chief Justiceship, =3=, 121 _n._;
in M.'s biography of Washington, 244;
and Yazoo lands, 554.
Herbert, George, on War of 1812, =4=, 51 _n._
Heyward, Mrs. ----, M. and, =2=, 217.
Higginson, Stephen, on Gerry, =2=, 364.
High seas, M. on jurisdiction over crimes on, =2=, 465-67;
as common possession, =4=, 119.
Hill, Aaron, and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 43.
Hill, Jeremiah, on Ratification contest, =1=, 341;
on importance of Virginia in Ratification, 358.
Hillard, George S., on M., =4=, 61 _n._
Hillhouse, James, and Burr, =3=, 281;
and secession, 281, 289;
on Adams's report on Burr conspiracy, 544;
and Embargo, =4=, 13.
Hinson, ----, and Burr, =3=, 367.
Hitchcock, Samuel, Lyon trial, =3=, 31 _n._
Hite _vs._ Fairfax, =1=, 191-96.
Hobby, William J., pamphlet on Yazoo lands, =3=, 573 _n._
Hoffman, J. Ogden, counsel in _Nereid_ case, =4=, 131.
Hollow, The, M.'s early home, =1=, 36-38.
Holmes, John, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 346.
Holmes, John, counsel in Dartmouth College case, =4=, 239, 253.
Holmes _vs._ Walton, =3=, 611.
Holt, Charles, trial, =3=, 41.
Hooe, Robert T., Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 110.
Hopkinson, Joseph, "Hail, Columbia!" =2=, 343;
counsel for Chase, =3=, 185;
argument, 198;
on Embargo, =4=, 12 _n._;
as practitioner before M., 95;
counsel in Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, 209;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, 238, 254, 258, 259;
and M., 238 _n._;
appointment as District Judge, 238 _n._;
appearance, 254;
fee and portrait in Dartmouth case, 255 _n._;
and success in case, 274;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 285.
Horatius articles, =2=, 541 _n._, 542 _n._
Horses, scarcity, =1=, 162 _n._
Hortensius letter, =2=, 542.
Hottenguer, ----, and M.'s purchase of Fairfax estate, =2=, 205;
as agent in X. Y. Z. Mission, 259-65, 272-78, 281.
House of Burgesses, M.'s father as member, =1=, 58;
control by tide-water aristocracy, 59;
Robinson case, 60;
Henry's Stamp-Act Resolutions, sectional divergence, 61-65.
_See also_ Legislature of Virginia.
Houses, M.'s boyhood homes, =1=, 37, 55;
of period of Confederation, 280, 281.
Hovey, Benjamin, Indiana Canal Company, =3=, 291 _n._
Howard, Samuel, steamboat monopoly, =4=, 415.
Howe, Henry, on frontier illiteracy, =1=, 272 _n._
Howe, Sir William, Pennsylvania campaign, =1=, 92-106.
Hudson River. _See_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Hulme, Thomas, on frontiersmen, =4=, 189 _n._
Humor, M.'s quality, =1=, 73, =4=, 62, 78, 83.
Humphries, David, on Shays's Rebellion, =1=, 299.
Hunter, David. _See_ Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Hunter, William, counsel in Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, =4=, 209.
Hunter _vs._ Fairfax's Devisee, =2=, 206-08.
_See also_ Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Huntingdon, Countess of, on M. as orator, =2=, 188.
Huntington, Ebenezer, on Republican ascendancy (1800), =2=, 521.
Hutchinson, Thomas, and declaring acts void, =3=, 612.
Illinois, prohibits external banks, =4=, 207;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334.
Illiteracy, at period of Confederation, =1=, 272;
later prevalence, =3=, 13 _n._
_See also_ Education.
Immigration. _See_ New York _vs._ Miln.
Immunity of foreign man-of-war, =4=, 122-25.
Impeachment, proposed amendment on, =2=, 141;
as weapon against Federalist judges, =3=, 21;
Monroe's suggestion for Justices (1802), 59;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, 73, 80, 81;
expected excuse in Marbury _vs._ Madison opinion, 62 _n._, 112, 113;
as second phase of attack on Judiciary, 111;
Pickering case, 111, 164-68;
State case of Judge Addison, 112, 163, 164;
and opinion in Marbury _vs._ Madison, 143, 153, 155;
M.'s fear, 155, 176-79, 192, 196;
for political or indictable offense, 158, 164, 165, 168 _n._, 173,
198-200, 202, 207, 206-12;
of all Justices planned, 159, 160, 173, 176, 178;
Marshall as particular object, 161-63;
of Chase voted, 169;
Jefferson and attitude of Northern Republicans, 170, 221;
House manager, 170;
public opinion prepared for trial of Chase, 171;
articles against Chase, 171, 172;
despair of Federalists, 173;
and Yazoo frauds, 174;
arrangement of Senate, 179, 180;
Burr as presiding officer, 180, 183;
efforts of Administration to placate Burr, 181-83;
seat for Chase, 183;
his appearance, 184;
his counsel, 185;
Randolph's opening speech, 187-89;
testimony, 189-92;
M. as witness, 192-96;
conferences of Giles and Randolph, 197;
argument by Manager Early, 197;
by Manager Campbell, 198;
by Hopkinson, 198-201;
Chase trial as precedent, 201;
argument by Key, 201;
by Lee, 201;
by Martin, 201-06;
by Manager Nicholson, 207-10;
by Manager Rodney, 210-12;
by Manager Randolph, 212;
Randolph's praise of M., its political importance, 214-16;
Chase trial and secession, 217;
vote, acquittal, 217-20;
importance of acquittal, 220;
programme abandoned, 222, 389;
M. and acquittal, 222;
threat against M. during Burr trial, 500, 501, 503, 512, 516;
Jefferson urges it, 530-32;
foreign affairs prevent, 545.
Implied powers, in contest over Assumption, =2=, 66, 67;
in Bank controversy, 71-74;
M. upholds (1804), =3=, 162;
interpretation of "necessary and proper laws," =4=, 285, 286,
294-301, 316, 337.
_See also_ Nationalism.
Import duties,
unconstitutionality of State license on importers, =4=, 455-57.
_See also_ Tariff.
Impressment, by British, =2=, 107, =4=, 8;
M.'s protest, =2=, 513;
and perpetual allegiance, =3=, 27 _n._;
_Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, 475-77, =4=, 9;
discussion of right, 52, 53;
M.'s later opinion, 53-55.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Imprisonment for debt, =3=, 13 _n._, 15 _n._;
M. on, and obligation of contracts, =4=, 215, 216.
Independence, germ in Henry's Stamp-Act Resolutions, =1=, 63;
anticipation of Declaration, =3=, 118;
M.'s biography of Washington on Declaration, 244.
Indian Queen, boarding-house, =3=, 7.
Indiana, prohibition on external banks, =4=, 207;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334.
Indiana Canal Company, =3=, 291 _n._
Indians, frontier raid, =1=, 1, 30 _n._;
Virginia's attempt to protect (1784), 236-41;
Henry's plan for intermarriage with whites, 240 _n._, 241;
in Ratification debate, 465;
fear of, and Ratification, 476;
and British relations (1794), =2=, 110, 111;
Bowlee's intrigue, 497-99;
and Yazoo lands, =3=, 552, 553, 569, 570;
M. and policy toward, =4=, 542 _n._
_See also_ Cherokee Indians.
Individualism, as frontier trait, =1=, 29, 275;
rampant, 285.
Ingersoll, Charles J., practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Ingersoll, Jared, Hunter, _vs._ Fairfax, =2=, 207.
Ingraham, Edward D., escort for M.'s body, =4=, 588.
Inman, Henry, portrait of M., =4=, 522 _n._
Innes, Harry, and Burr, =3=, 318.
Innes, James, as lawyer, =1=, 173;
characterized, 473;
in Ratification Convention, 474;
and Cabinet office, =2=, 124;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, 188.
Insolvency. _See_ Ogden _vs._ Saunders; Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
Inspection laws, State, and commerce clause, =4=, 436.
_See also_ Police powers.
Internal improvements, Potomac River (1784), =1=, 217;
Burr's plan for Ohio River canal, =3=, 291 _n._;
M. and Virginia survey, =4=, 42-45;
demand, 416;
Bonus Bill, Madison's veto, 417;
later debate, Randolph's speech on Nationalism, 418-21;
Jackson's pocket veto of River and Harbor Bill, 534.
International law, Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 465-71;
_Amelia_ case and law of prize, =3=, 16, 17;
_Adventure_ case, ocean as common property, =4=, 119;
M.'s contribution, 121;
_Exchange_ case, immunity of foreign man-of-war, 121-25;
United States _vs._ Palmer, _Divina Pastora_, belligerency of
revolted province, 126-28;
_Venus_ case, domicil and enemy character, 128, 129;
_Nereid_ case, neutral property in enemy ship, 130, 135-42;
recognition of slave trade, 476, 477.
Iredell, James, Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 188;
on Virginia Resolutions, 399;
on Fries's Insurrection, 429, =3=, 35;
and common-law jurisdiction, 25;
and declaring acts void, 117;
and constructive treason, 403.
Iron Hill engagement, =1=, 93, 94.
Irving, Washington, on trial of Burr, =3=, 400, 416, 432, 435, 456,
457 _n._, 464 _n._, 477, 478 _n._
Irwin, Jared, and Yazoo frauds, =3=, 562.
Isham, Mary, descendants, =1=, 10.
Isham family, lineage, =1=, 10.
Isolation, M. and policy, =2=, 235, 388, =3=, 14 _n._;
need in early Federal history, =4=, 6;
local, 191.
_See also_ Neutrality.
Iturrigaray, José de, and Wilkinson, =3=, 329.
Jackson, Andrew, and Washington, =2=, 165 _n._;
duelist, =3=, 278 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, 292, 295, 296, 305, 326, 361;
prepares for war with Spain, 313;
and rumors of disunion, 326;
at trial of Burr, denounce Jefferson and Wilkinson, 404, 429, 457,
471;
appearance, 404;
Burr's gratitude, 405;
battle of New Orleans, =4=, 57;
M. and candidacy (1828), 462-65;
contrasted with M., 466;
M. on inauguration, 466;
appointments to Supreme Court, 510, 581, 582, 584, 584 _n._;
war on the Bank, veto of recharter, 529-33;
pocket veto of River and Harbor Bill, 534;
place in M.'s inclination to resign, 519, 521;
M. and election of 1832, 534;
withdraws deposits from the Bank, 535;
Kent's opinion, 535 _n._;
and Georgia-Cherokee controversy, 540, 541, 547, 548, 551;
M. rebukes on Cherokee question, 546;
Union toast, 557;
warning to Nullifiers, 558;
Nullification Proclamation, its debt to M., 562, 563;
M.'s commendation, 563;
reply of South Carolina, his inconsistency with attitude on Cherokee
question, 564, 565;
recommends tariff reduction, 567;
Virginia and attitude on Nullification, 570;
character of Southern support, 578.
Jackson, Francis James, as Minister, =4=, 23-26.
Jackson, James, on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54;
journey (1790), 55 _n._;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, 61;
and Chase trial, 220, 221;
and Yazoo frauds, 560-62, 565;
resigns from Senate, 561.
Jackson _vs._ Clarke, =4=, 165 _n._
James River Company, =2=, 56.
Jameson, J. Franklin, acknowledgments to, =4=, 63 _n._, 68 _n._
Jarvis, Charles, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 348.
Jarvis, William C, attack on M., =4=, 362.
Jay, John, on frontiersmen and Indians, =1=, 236, 237;
on demand for equality in all things, 295;
distrust of democracy, 300, 308;
on failure of requisitions, 305;
on decline of Continental Congress, 305 _n._;
on ability to pay public debt, 306, 306 _n._;
on extravagance, 306 _n._;
Jay Treaty, =2=, 113-15;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, 188;
refuses reappointment as Chief Justice, 552, =3=, 120 _n._;
and common-law jurisdiction, 24, 25;
on defective Federal Judiciary, 55;
and declaring acts void, 117;
and Manhattan Company, 287 _n._;
and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 407.
Jay Treaty, cause of negotiations, =2=, 108-13;
unpopularity of negotiation, 113;
humiliating terms, 114;
popular demonstrations against, 115-18, 120;
commercial and financial support, 116, 148;
Jefferson on, 118, 121;
question of constitutionality, 119, 128, 133-36;
Hamilton's defense, Camillus letters, 120;
attitude of Virginia, 120;
protests, 126;
typical address against, 126-29;
M.'s defense, 126, 129 _n._;
and free ships, free goods, 128, 303-05;
resolutions of Virginia Legislature, 131-37;
indirect legislative censure of Washington, 137-40;
proposed constitutional amendments caused by, 141-13;
contest in Congress, petitions, 148, 149, 155;
Richmond meeting and petition favoring, 149-55;
M. and commissionship under, 200-02;
France and, 223;
and X. Y. Z. Mission, 303-08;
submitted to French Minister, 305;
and contraband, 306;
Jonathan Robins case under, 458-75;
disruption of commission on British debts, 500-02;
M. and disruption and compromise, 502-05;
Federal common-law trials for violating, =3=, 24-29;
divulged, 63 _n._;
settlement of British debts, 103;
and land grants, =4=, 148, 153, 157
Jefferson, Jane (Randolph), =1=, 10, 11.
Jefferson, Peter, similarity to M.'s father, =1=, 11;
ancestry, 11 _n._
Jefferson, Thomas,
_pre-presidential years_:
relations with M., =1=, 9, 10;
similarity in conditions of M.'s birth, 11 _n._;
Randolph and Isham ancestry, 10, 11;
Jefferson ancestry, 11, 12;
landed estate, 20 _n._;
on Virginia society, 21, 22;
as statesman, 32;
accused of shirking duty during Revolution, 126-30;
in service of State, 128;
as Governor, 143;
and Arnold's invasion, 143-45;
and Rebecca Burwell, 149;
on William and Mary, 156;
licenses M. to practice law, 161;
as letter writer, 183 _n._;
in Legislature, 203;
use of Council of State as a machine, 210;
chancery act (1777), 219;
on British debts, 223 _n._, 228 _n._, 295 _n._;
debts for slaves, 224 _n._;
cause of retained faith in democracy, 253;
on hardships of travel, 259;
use of cipher, 266 _n._;
on license of the press, 270;
on sectional characteristics, 278-80;
inappreciative of conditions under Confederation, 286, 314-16;
on the Cincinnati, 292;
defense of Shays's Rebellion, preparation to lead radicalism,
302-04, =2=, 52;
dislike of commerce, =1=, 316;
on Randolph and Ratification, 378;
favors amendment before Ratification, 478;
influence of French Revolution on, =2=, 4, 44;
on first movements of it, 5;
approbation of _Rights of Man_, 14, 15, 16 _n._;
on Publicola papers, 19 _n._;
on St. Domingo negro insurrection, 21;
on influence of French Revolution on American government, 24, 39;
upholds excesses of French Revolution, 25, 26;
on reception of Genêt, 29;
development of Republican Party, 46, 81-83, 91, 96;
political fortunes broken (1785), 46 _n._;
first attitude toward Federal Constitution, 47;
cold reception (1789), 57;
deal on Assumption and Capital, 63, 64, 82 _n._;
tardy views on unconstitutionality of Assumption, 70;
opinion on Bank of United States, 71;
converts Madison, 79;
attempt to sidetrack M. (1792), 79-81;
and antagonism in Cabinet, 82;
on results of funding, 85;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 90, 91;
opposition to Neutrality, 94;
resignation from Cabinet, 96;
and drinking, 102 _n._;
attacks Jay Treaty, 118, 121;
accuses M. of hypocrisy (1795), 139, 140;
and abuse of Washington, 164;
growth of feud with M., 165;
on M.'s reason for accepting French mission, 211;
and Monroe's attack on Washington, 222 _n._;
and appointment to X. Y. Z. Mission, 227;
and Gerry's appointment, 227;
experience in France contrasted with M.'s, 289;
and news of X. Y. Z. Mission, 335;
and X. Y. Z. dispatches, 336, 339-41;
and M.'s return and reception, 345, 346;
call on M., 346, 347;
and expected French War, 358;
open warfare on M., 358;
attempt to undo effect of X. Y. Z. Mission, 359-63, 368;
and Langhorne letter, 375 _n._;
and Alien and Sedition Acts, hysteria, method of attack, 382,
384, 397, 399;
Kentucky Resolutions, 397;
expects M.'s defeat (1798), 411;
and M.'s election, 419;
on Henry's support of M., 419, 420;
on general election results (1798), 420;
and M.'s visit to Kentucky, 421;
on renewal of French negotiations, 428;
on M. and Disputed Elections Bill, 456;
and Jonathan Robins case, 459, 475;
blindness to M.'s merit, 475;
on Burr and Republican success (1800), 535 _n._;
M.'s opinion (1800), 537;
Mazzei letter, 537 _n._, 538 _n._;
and Judiciary Bill, 549, 550;
on Chief Justiceship (1801), 553 _n._;
on midnight appointments, 561 _n._, 562;
inappreciative of importance of M.'s Chief Justiceship, 562;
in Washington boarding-house, =3=, 7;
on common-law jurisdiction of National Judiciary, 29;
on Lyon trial, 31;
on right of judges to declare acts void (1786), 117;
merits of Declaration of Independence, 118.
_See also_ Elections (_1800_).
_As President and after_:
Wines, =3=, 9;
M. on, as terrorist, 11;
on Federalist forebodings, 14;
on renewal of European War, 14;
policy of isolation, 14 _n._;
and bargain of election, 18;
M. on inaugural, 18;
programme of demolition, caution, 18-20;
and popularity, 19 _n._;
plans against National Judiciary, suppressed paragraph of
message (1801), 20-22, 51-53, 57, 605, 606;
on Judiciary as Federalist stronghold, 21;
and repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, 21 _n._;
and subpoena in Burr trial, 33, 86 _n._, 323, 433-47, 450, 454-56,
518-22;
and Callender, 36, 38;
on Giles, 75 _n._;
partisan rewards by, 81 _n._, 208;
Morris on, 90 _n._;
as following Washington's footsteps, 100 _n._;
and settlement of British debt controversy, 103;
and Adams's justices of the peace, 110;
desires to appoint Roane Chief Justice, 113;
and opinion in Marbury _vs._ Madison, 143-45, 154 _n._, 431, 432;
branches of the Bank and practical politics, 145;
and New Orleans problem, 145, 146;
dilemma of Louisiana Purchase, 147-49;
secretiveness, 149;
scents Republican misgivings of assault on Judiciary, 155;
and _Aurora's_ condemnation of Judiciary, 159 _n._;
head of impeachment programme, 160;
and impeachment of Pickering, 164 _n._, 165, 166;
and impeachment of Chase, 170;
break with Randolph, 174;
advances to Burr during Chase trial, 181, 182;
reward of Pickering trial witnesses, 181;
reëlected, 197;
Rodney's flattery, 212;
abandons impeachment programme, 221, 389;
plan to counteract M.'s biography of Washington, 228, 229;
preparation of Anas, 229;
M. on, in the biography, 244, 259, 263, 263 _n._;
on the biography, 265-69;
on Botta's History, 266;
hostility to Burr, 279, 280;
and secession of New England, 283, =4=, 15 _n._, 30 _n._;
and war with Spain, =3=, 285, 301, 313, 383 _n._;
and Miranda, 300, 301;
receives Burr (1806), 301;
hostility of naval officers, 302, 458 _n._, 459 _n._;
and Eaton, 302;
Eaton's report to, of Burr's plans, 304;
and other reports, 305, 310, 315, 317, 323, 338 _n._;
Wilkinson's revelation of Burr's plans, 321, 322;
action on Wilkinson's revelation, proclamation, 324, 327;
Annual Message on Conspiracy, 337;
Special Message declaring Burr guilty, 339-41;
its effect, 341;
and Swartwout and Bollmann, 344, 391, 392, 430;
on arrest of Burr, 368 _n._;
M.'s reflection on conduct in conspiracy, 376;
as prosecutor, prestige involved, on the trial, 383-91, 406, 417,
419, 422, 430-432, 437, 451, 476, 477, 499;
continued hostility to Judiciary, 384, 388, =4=, 339, 362, 363,
368-70, 538;
on making stifled evidence at Burr trial public, =3=, 422, 515;
pardons to obtain evidence, 392, 393;
M.'s defiance at trial of Burr, 404;
Jackson's denunciation, 404, 457 _n._;
Hay's reports on Burr trial, 415;
on Martin, 450, 451;
bolsters Wilkinson, 472;
and _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, 475-77, =4=, 9;
orders further trials of Burr, =3=, 515, 522;
and Daveiss's pamphlet, 525;
and attacks on M. during trial, 526, 535;
Message on trial, hints at impeachment of M., 530-32;
on Georgia's western claim, 553;
and Yazoo claims, 592;
prejudice-holding, =4=, 2;
love of France, 3;
and attacks on neutral trade, 7 _n._, 8, 9, 11;
hostility to England, 8, 11 _n._, 26 _n._;
on Federalist defense of British, 10;
toast on freedom of the seas, 23;
and Hay's pamphlet on impressment, 53;
on M.'s control over Supreme Court, 59;
and M.'s integrity, 90 _n._;
enmity to Story, 98-100;
Livingston case and Madison's judicial appointments, 100-16;
control of Virginia politics, 146;
and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 160;
and first Bank of the United States, 172;
and second Bank, 180 _n._;
on _Niles' Register_, 183 _n._;
on financial madness (1816), 186;
on crisis of 1819, 204;
on Nathaniel Niles, 227;
on charters and obligation of contracts, 230 _n._;
and Taylor's exposition of State Rights, 339;
M. on Jefferson's later attacks, 363-66;
advocates resistance by States, 368;
and amendment on Judiciary (1821), 371, 378;
and demand for revision of Virginia Constitution, 468, 469,
502 _n._, 508;
called theoretical by Giles, 491;
M.'s attitude toward, 579, 580.
Jenkinson, Isaac, account of Burr episode, =3=, 538 _n._
Jennings, William H., Cohens _vs._ Virginia, =4=, 345.
Johnson, James,
and second Bank of the United States, =4=, 196 _n._, 288.
Johnson, Reverdy, counsel in Brown _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 455 _n._
Johnson, Richard M., on Missouri question, =4=, 341;
proposed amendment and attack on Judiciary, 371-79, 450.
Johnson, William, opinion on common-law jurisdiction, =3=, 28 _n._;
appointed Justice, 109 _n._, 159 _n._;
and mandamus, 154 _n._;
biography of Greene, 266;
and release of Swartwout and Bollmann, 349;
opinion in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 592;
character, =4=, 60;
appearance, 132;
dissent in Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 157, 165, 166;
and Dartmouth College case, 255, 256, 258 _n._;
dissent in Green _vs._ Biddle, 381 _n._;
Nationalist opinion in Elkison case, 382, 383;
opinion in Osborn _vs._ Bank, 394;
opinion in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 443-45;
opinion in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, 481 _n._;
dissent in Craig _vs._ Missouri, 513;
ill, 582;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583;
death, 584.
Johnson, William S., and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
Johnson, Zachariah, in Virginia Ratification Convention, =1=, 474.
Johnson _vs._ Bourn, =2=, 181 _n._
Johnston, Josiah S., on Nullification, =4=, 555.
Johnston, Samuel, on hardships of travel, =1=, 255.
Jonathan Robins case, facts, =2=, 458;
Republican attacks, 459;
before Congress, proof that Nash was not American, 460;
basis of debate in House, 460, 461;
Republican attempts at delay, 461-64;
M.'s speech, 464-71;
exclusive British jurisdiction, 465, 466;
not piracy, 467;
duty to deliver Nash, 467;
not within Federal judicial powers, 468-70;
incidental judicial powers of Executive, 470;
President as sole organ of external relations, 470;
comments on M.'s speech, its effect, 471-75.
Jones, James, and slavery, =2=, 450.
Jones, Walter,
counsel in Fairfax's Devisee _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, =4=, 156;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 285, 286.
Joynes, Thomas R., on M., =4=, 489 _n._
Judge-made law,
and Federal assumption of common-law jurisdiction, =3=, 23;
Johnson on, =4=, 372.
_See also_ Declaring acts void.
Judiciary, Federal, arguments on, during Ratification debate,
=1=, 334, 426, 444, 461, 464;
expected independence and fairness, 430, 451, 459;
and gradual consolidation, 446;
jury trial, 447, 449, 456, 457;
M. on, in Convention, 450-61;
inferior courts, 451;
extent of jurisdiction, 452, 454-56, =2=, 468-70;
concurrent jurisdiction, =1=, 452;
as a relief to State courts, 453;
proposed amendment on, 477;
British-debts cases, =2=, 83;
suits against States, Eleventh Amendment, 83 _n._, 84 _n._,
=3=, 554, =4=, 354, 385, 387-91;
proposed amendment against pluralism, =2=, 141;
incidental exercise of powers by Executive, 470;
M. favors extension (1800), 531;
Federalist plans to retain control, 547, 548;
Republican plans against, =3=, 19-22;
as Federalist stronghold, 21, 77;
Federalist expectation of assault, 22;
assumption of common-law jurisdiction, 23-29, 78, 84, =4=, 30 _n._;
conduct of sedition trials, =3=, 29-43;
lectures from the bench, 30 _n._;
results on public opinion of conduct, 47, 48;
defects in act of 1789, 53-56, 81, 117;
effect of Marbury _vs._ Madison on Republican attack, 143, 153, 155;
and campaign of 1804, 145;
assault and Federalist threats of secession, 151, 152;
Republican misgivings on assault, 155;
_Aurora_ on, 159 _n._;
removal on address of Congress, 167, 221, 389;
political speeches from bench, 169, 206;
M. suggests legislative reversal of judicial decisions, 177, 178;
stabilizing function in a republic, 200;
necessity of independence, 200, 204, 373;
Jefferson's continued hatred, 384, 388, =4=, 339, 362-66, 368-70;
Federalist attacks, 30 _n._;
effort for court of appeals above Supreme Court, 323, 325;
right of original jurisdiction, 385-87;
proposed amendment for limited tenure, 517 _n._;
as interpreter of Constitution, 554.
_See also_ Contracts; Declaring acts void; Impeachment; Judiciary
Act of 1801; Marshall, John (_Chief Justice_); Supreme Court.
Judiciary, State, equity, =1=, 218-20;
popular antagonism during Confederation, 297-99, =3=, 23 _n._;
conduct of sedition trials, 43-47;
conduct of Republican judges, 48 _n._;
Virginia, as political machine, =4=, 146, 485-88;
controversy over, in New Hampshire, 229, 230;
M.'s report on, in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 485;
tenure of judges and discontinued offices, 485, 490, 493-501;
removal of judges, 485;
extent of reform demanded in Virginia, 488;
debate in her Convention, 489-501.
Judiciary Act of 1801, bill, =2=, 548;
character of first Republican opposition to it, 549, 550, 555 _n._;
Federalist toast, 548 _n._;
debate and passage of bill, 550-52;
Fairfax estate in debate, 551;
midnight appointments, 559-62;
importance of repeal debate, =3=, 50, 75;
Jefferson and attack, last hour changes in Message, 51-53, 605;
character of act, 53, 56;
extravagance as excuse for repeal, 57, 58, 64;
repeal debate in Senate, 58-72;
tenure of judge and abolition of office, 59, 63, 607-10;
and declaring acts void, 60, 62, 64, 67-71, 73, 74, 82, 85, 87, 91;
independence _versus_ responsibility of Judiciary, 60, 61, 65, 68,
74, 88;
fear of Judiciary, 61;
Marbury _vs._ Madison in debate, 61 _n._, 63, 78, 80, 86, 90;
select committee and discharge of it, 67, 68, 279;
indifference of mass of Federalists, 71;
vote in Senate, 72;
attempt to postpone in House, 72;
Federalist threats of secession, 72, 73, 82, 89, 93, 97, 98;
debate in House, 73-91;
and impeachment of Justices, 73, 80, 81;
Republican concern, 76 _n._;
Republicans on origin of act, 76-78;
Supreme Court and annulment of repeal, 85, 91, 92, 95-97, 122, 123,
=4=, 489, 490;
predictions of effect of repeal, =3=, 88;
Federal common-law jurisdiction, 78, 84, 89;
vote in House, 91;
reception of repeal, 92-94, 97-100;
act on disability of judges, 165 _n._
Jury trial,
Reconstruction debate on Federal, =1=, 447, 449, 456, 457, 464;
juries in sedition cases, =3=, 42.
Kamper _vs._ Hawkins, =3=, 612.
Keith, James, M.'s grandfather, career, =1=, 17, 18.
Keith, James, on M., =4=, 67 _n._
Keith, Mary Isham (Randolph), M.'s grandmother, =1=, 10, 17.
Keith, Mary Randolph, M.'s mother, =1=, 10.
_See also_ Marshall, Mary Randolph (Keith).
Kendall, Amos, as Jackson's adviser, =4=, 532 _n._
Kent, James, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 265;
on Livingston _vs._ Jefferson, =4=, 114;
standing as judge, 256;
and Dartmouth College case, 256, 258 _n._;
and Supreme Bench, 256 _n._, 369 _n._;
on Livingston's steamboat monopoly and interstate commerce, 406-12,
430, 441;
on Jackson, 535 _n._;
on M.'s decline, 586.
Kent, Joseph, votes for war, =4=, 29 _n._
Kent, Moses, letters, =4=, 84 _n._
Kenton, Simon, birth and birthplace, =1=, 9 _n._
Kentucky, delegates in Ratification Convention, influences on,
=1=, 384, 399, 403, 411, 420, 430-32, 434, 443;
Virginia act for statehood, =2=, 55;
land case, =3=, 17;
and repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, 58 _n._;
Burr in, 291, 296, 313-19;
bank mania and distress, =4=, 187, 204, 205;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 314, 334;
Green _vs._ Biddle, occupying claimant law, 375-77, 380-82.
_See also_ next title.
Kentucky Resolutions, purpose, =2=, 397;
Taylor's suggestion of nullification doctrine, 397;
production, 397;
importance, 398;
Hamilton on, 408;
consideration in Massachusetts, =3=, 43;
Dana on, 45;
as Republican gospel, 105-08;
resolutions in Federalist States on, 105 _n._, 106 _n._
_See also_ State Rights.
Kercheval, Samuel,
and Jefferson's letter on Virginia Constitution, =4=, 468, 469.
Key, Francis S., counsel for Swartwout and Bollmann, =3=, 345.
Key, Philip B., counsel for Chase, =3=, 185;
argument, 201.
King, Rufus,
on Ratification in Massachusetts, =1=, 340, 347, 348 _n._, 351;
and organization of Constitutionalists, 357;
and Henry's presidential candidacy (1796), =2=, 156;
on M. as lawyer, 191;
and M. (1796), 198;
conciliatory letter to Talleyrand (1797), 252, 253;
and X. Y. Z. Mission, 286, 295, 364;
and presidential candidacy (1800), 438;
and British-debts dispute, 502-05, =3=, 103;
on fever in Washington, 6;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 115 _n._;
and on obligation of contracts, 557 _n._;
on Adams's Burr conspiracy report, 543 _n._;
and Yazoo lands, 570;
on bank mania and crisis of 1819, =4=, 181, 206 _n._;
and American Colonization Society, 475.
Knox, Henry, army intrigue against, =1=, 122;
on spirit of anarchy, 275;
on demand for division of property, 298;
on Shays's Rebellion, 300;
on Henry as Anti-Constitutionalist, 358;
support of Adams (1800), =2=, 518;
enmity toward Hamilton, 518 _n._
Knox, James, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 473.
Kremer, George, attack on Clay, =4=, 462 _n._
Labor, attitude toward, in colonial Virginia, =1=, 21;
price (c. 1784), 181;
M. and problem, =4=, 472.
Lafayette, Marquis de, on Washington at Monmouth, =1=, 136;
on French indifference to reforms (1788), =2=, 6;
value of letters on French Revolution, 7 _n._;
and key of the Bastille, 9;
M. and imprisonment, 32-34;
and American Colonization Society, =4=, 474, 476 _n._
Lamb, John, on Washington and Federal Constitution, =1=, 331 _n._
Lamballe, Madame de, executed, =2=, 27 _n._
Land, M. on colonial grants, =1=, 191-96;
Virginia grants and Ratification, 445, 447-49, 458;
Indian purchases, 464, 465;
speculation, =2=, 202;
M. on tenure in France (1797), 268-70;
Kentucky case, =3=, 17;
importance in early National history, 556;
Kentucky occupying claimant law, =4=, 375-77, 380-82.
_See also_ Fairfax estate; Public lands; Yazoo.
Langbourne, William, Burr's security, =3=, 429 _n._, 517.
Langdon, John, on Ratification in New Hampshire, =1=, 354.
Langhorne letter to Washington, =2=, 375 _n._
Lanier, Clem, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 546, 547.
Lansing, John, decision on Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 405.
La Rochefoucauld Liancourt, Duc de,
on Virginia social conditions, =1=, 20 _n._;
on frontiersmen, 275 _n._, 276 _n._, 281 _n._;
on social contrasts, 280 _n._;
on drinking, 282;
on court days, 284 _n._;
on speculation and luxury in Philadelphia, =2=, 85 _n._;
on M. as a lawyer, 171;
on M.'s character, 196, 197.
Latrobe, B. H., and Burr, =3=, 311 _n._
Law and lawyers, Virginia bar (1780), =1=, 173;
extent of M.'s studies, 174-76;
M.'s argument in Hite _vs._ Fairfax, colonial land grants, 191-96;
M. as pleader, =2=, 177-82, 192-96;
M.'s argument in Ware _vs._ Hylton, 186-92;
practice and evidence, =3=, 18;
popular hostility, 23 _n._;
M.'s popularity with, =4=, 94;
character of practitioners before him, 94, 95, 132-35;
oratory and woman auditors, 133, 134;
as publicists, 135;
fees, 345 _n._
_See also_ Judiciary.
Law and order, frontier license, =1=, 29, 235, 239, 274;
M. on, =3=, 402.
_See also_ Government.
Lear, Tobias, on Ratification in New Hampshire, =1=, 354, 354 _n._;
and Eaton, =3=, 303 _n._
Lecompte, Joseph, and Supreme Court, =4=, 517 _n._
Lee, Arthur, and Beaumarchais, =2=, 292 _n._
Lee, Gen. Charles, on militia, =1=, 86;
Monmouth, 135-37.
Lee, Charles, of Va., and Jay Treaty, =2=, 132, 133;
and legislative implied censure of Washington, 138;
and Federal office for M., 201;
Hunter _vs._ Fairfax, 207, =4=, 156;
on M. and new French negotiations, =2=, 428;
_Aurora_ on, 492;
counsel in Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 126, 130 _n._;
counsel for Chase, 185;
counsel for Swartwout and Bollmann, 345;
counsel for Burr, on overt act, 500;
report on Yazoo lands, 570.
Lee, Henry, Randolph ancestry, =1=, 10;
in charge of light infantry, 142;
Pawles Hook, 142;
in the Legislature, 208;
in Ratification Convention: and haste, 372;
characterised, 387;
in the debate, 387, 423, 430, 467;
taunts Henry, 406;
on prospects, 434;
Hamilton's financial aid, 435 _n._;
on threat of forcible resistance, 467;
and Whiskey Insurrection, =2=, 87;
and Fairfax estate, 100, 204;
and enforcement of neutrality, 104, 106;
and Jay Treaty, 132;
and Henry's presidential candidacy, 157;
candidacy (1798), 416;
and "first in war" description, 443-45;
and powers of territorial Governor, 446 _n._;
and slavery, 449;
and Adams's advances to Jefferson, 519 _n._;
and Jefferson, =4=, 579.
Lee, Richard Henry, lease to M.'s father, =1=, 51;
in the Legislature, 203, 208;
on distance as obstacle to Federal Government, 256;
on revolutionary action of Framers, 324;
in campaign for Ratification delegates, arguments, 366;
and title for President, =2=, 36;
chosen Senator, 50.
Lee, Robert E., Randolph ancestry, =1=, 10.
Lee, S., on Ratification contest, =1=, 341.
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, lease to M.'s father, =1=, 51.
Leggett, William, hostile criticism of M.'s career, =4=, 591.
Legislature of Virginia, M.'s elections to, =1=, 164, 202, 211, 212,
228, 242, =2=, 54, 130, 159;
aspect and character after the Revolution, =1=, 200-02, 205-08;
M.'s colleagues (1782), 203;
organisation (1782), 203;
M.'s committee appointments, 204, 213;
regulation of elections, 207;
commutable act, 207;
citizenship bill, 208;
relief bill for Thomas Paine, 213;
loyalists, 214;
insulted, 215;
avoids just debt, 215;
and amendment of State Constitution, 216;
Potomac River improvement, 217, 218;
chancery act, 218-20;
religious freedom, 221, 222;
British debts, 224-31;
and Confederate impost, 233;
and Continental debt, 234, 235;
and Confederate navigation acts, 234, 235;
foreign extradition act, 235-41;
calling of Ratification Convention, 244-48;
hope of Anti-Constitutionalists in, 462, 463, 468;
and Clinton's letter for second Federal Convention, 477;
attempt to undo Ratification, =2=, 48-51, 57 _n._;
measures (1789), 55-57;
ratifies first ten Federal amendments, 57, 58;
on assumption of State debts, 65-69;
and Federal suits on British debts, 83;
and suits against States, 83;
hostility to Bank of United States, 84;
and investigation of Hamilton, 84;
resolutions on Jay Treaty, 131-37;
virtual censure of Washington, 137-40;
Federal constitutional amendments proposed by, 141-43;
cold address to Washington (1796), 149-52;
and compromise on Fairfax estate, 208;
M. foretells Virginia Resolutions, 395;
passage of the Resolutions, 399;
Madison's address of the majority, 400, 401;
M.'s address of the minority, 402-06;
military measures, 406, 408;
proposed appropriation to defend Callender, =3=, 38 _n._;
Olmstead case and Nationalism, =4=, 21 _n._;
censure of M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland and restrictions on Missouri,
324-27;
proposed amendment on Federal Judiciary, 371, 378;
and Nullification, 558, 567-73.
_See also_ House of Burgesses.
Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 502 _n._;
Virginia commission to South Carolina, 573;
tribute to M., 590;
and Quoit Club memorial to M., 592.
Leigh, Nicholas, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Leipzig, battle of, =4=, 51.
_Leopard-Chesapeake_ affair, =3=, 475-77, =4=, 9.
Letcher, Robert P., attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 394.
Lewis, B., sells house to M., =1=, 189.
Lewis, Morgan, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 409 _n._
Lewis, William, in Fries trial, =3=, 35.
Lewis, William B., as Jackson's adviser, =4=, 532 _n._
Lewis, William D.,
on opinion in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 289 _n._
_Lex Mercatoria_, as a vade mecum, =1=, 186 _n._
Lexington, Ky., and Jay Treaty, =2=, 118.
Liberty, J. Q. Adams on genuine, =2=, 17, 18.
_See also_ Government.
Libraries, in colonial Virginia, =1=, 25.
License, unconstitutionally of State, of importers, =4=, 454-59.
Lincoln, Abraham, resemblance to M., =4=, 92, 93;
M.'s M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland opinion and Gettysburg Address,
293 _n._;
as expounding M.'s doctrines, 344;
and Union and slavery, 473.
Lincoln, Benjamin, and the militia, =1=, 86;
on Shays's Rebellion and Ratification, 343, 347 _n._;
and Embargo, =4=, 16.
Lincoln, Levi, midnight-appointments myth, =2=, 561, 562;
and Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 126;
commission on Georgia cession, 574 _n._;
and Justiceship, =4=, 108, 109.
Lindsay _vs._ Commissioners, =3=, 613.
Linn, James, and election of Jefferson, reward, =3=, 81 _n._
Liston, Robert, and Bowles, =2=, 498.
Literature, in colonial Virginia, =1=, 24, 25, 43;
M.'s taste and reading, 41, 44-46, =4=, 79, 80;
M.'s book-buying, =1=, 184-86, =2=, 170;
Weems's orders for books (c. 1806), =3=, 252 _n._, 253 _n._
Little _vs._ Barreme, =3=, 273 _n._
Livermore, Samuel, on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54.
Livingston, Brockholst, on Fletcher _vs._ Peck, =3=, 585;
appearance, =4=, 132;
and Dartmouth College case, 255-57, 258 _n._, 275;
death, 256 _n._
Livingston, Edward, and Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 461, 474;
and Wilkinson's reign of terror, =3=, 335;
Jefferson's hatred, 335 _n._;
Batture litigation, Jefferson case, =4=, 100-16;
later career, 115 _n._;
Jackson's Nullification Proclamation, 562.
Livingston, John R. _See_ North River Steamboat Co. _vs._ Livingston.
Livingston, Robert R., and steamboat experiments, =4=, 398, 399;
grants of steamboat monopoly in New York, 399;
and steamboats on the Mississippi, monopoly in Louisiana, 402, 414;
monopoly and interstate voyages, 403, 404;
suits, 405-09.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Livingston, William, on militia, =1=, 86;
on evils of paper money, 296.
Livingston _vs._ Jefferson, =4=, 100-16.
Livingston _vs._ Van Ingen, =4=, 405-09.
Loan certificates. _See_ Craig _vs._ Missouri.
Localism, and isolation, =4=, 191.
_See also_ Nationalism; State Rights.
Logan, ----, on Ratification in Virginia, =1=, 445.
London, John, and Granville heirs case, =4=, 155 _n._, 156 _n._
Longstreet, William, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 546-48.
Lord, John K., acknowledgment to, =4=, 233 _n._
Lotteries, popularity, =2=, 56 _n._;
for public funds, =4=, 344 _n._
_See also_ Cohens _vs._ Virginia.
Louis XVI and early French Revolution, =2=, 31 _n._
Louisiana, admission as reason for secession, =4=, 27;
grant of steamship monopoly, 402, 414.
Louisiana Purchase, retrocession to France, =3=, 146;
Jefferson and problem of New Orleans, 146;
treaty, 147;
Jefferson's dilemma, 147-49;
attitude of Federalists, 148-53.
Louisville, first steamboat, =4=, 403 _n._
Love, William, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 488.
Lovejoy, King, and Ratification, =1=, 341.
Lovell, Sarah (Marshall), =1=, 485.
Lowell, John, on Adams's Burr conspiracy report, =3=, 543 _n._;
as British partisan, =4=, 9;
opposition to War of 1812, 45, 46;
on impressment, 53.
Lowdermilk, Will H., on Braddock's defeat, =1=, 2 _n._-6 _n._
Lowndes, William, and War of 1812, =4=, 29;
on Bank of the United States, 289.
Lowrie, Walter, on Missouri question, =4=, 342.
Loyalists, Virginia post-Revolutionary legislation, =1=, 214;
support Ratification, 423 _n._;
attitude (1794), =2=, 110;
Federalists accused of favoring, =3=, 32;
in M.'s biography of Washington, 245.
Lucas, John C. B., and Addison, =3=, 47 _n._
Lucius letters, =2=, 543 _n._
Luckett, John R. N., and Adair, =3=, 336.
Lumpkin, Wilson,
defies Supreme Court in Cherokee question, =4=, 548, 551, 552 _n._
Lusk, Thomas, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 346.
Lynch, Charles, and Burr, =3=, 313.
Lynchburg, Va., tribute to M., =4=, 591.
Lyon, Matthew, conviction for sedition, =3=, 30, 31;
lottery to aid, 32;
Jefferson's favor, 81 _n._;
and Burr, 292.
Lyons, Peter of Virginia Court of Appeals, =4=, 148.
McAlister, Matthew, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 555.
McCaleb, Walter F., on isolation of Burr, =3=, 280 _n._;
on Burr-Merry intrigue, 289 _n._;
on Burr-Casa Yrujo intrigue, 290 _n._, 300 _n._;
on Morgans, 309 _n._;
study of Burr conspiracy, 538 _n._
M'Castle, Doctor, in Burr conspiracy, =3=, 491.
Maclay, Samuel, on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54;
of Smith committee, 541 _n._
McCleary, Michael, witness against Pickering, reward, =3=, 181 _n._
McClung, James, professor at William and Mary, =1=, 155 _n._
McClurg, James, Richmond physician, =1=, 189 _n._
M'Culloch, James W. _See_ M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland.
M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland,
importance and underlying conditions, =4=, 282, 290, 304, 308;
agreed case, facts, 283, 331;
public interest, 283;
counsel, 284;
argument, 285-88;
acquiescence in power to establish bank, 285, 291;
scope of implied powers, 285, 286, 294-301, 316, 337;
M.'s opinion, 289-308;
preparation of opinion, 290;
Federal government established by the people, 292;
supremacy of National laws, 293;
sources of power to establish bank, 295;
Federal freedom of choice of instruments, 301;
Federal instruments exempt from State taxation, 304-07;
and National taxation of State banks, 307, 308;
National powers paramount over State power of taxation, 302-04;
attack on opinion in _Niles' Register_, 309-12;
bank as monopoly, 310, 311, 338;
opinion as political issue, union of attack with slavery and
secession questions, 311, 314, 325-27, 338, 339;
opinion as opportunity for Virginia attack on M., 312;
Roane's attack, 312-17;
M. and attacks, his reply, 314, 315, 318-23;
attack on concurring Republican Justices, 317;
Roane buys and M. sells bank stock, 317, 318;
demand for another court, 323, 325;
censure by Virginia Legislature, 324-27;
denunciation by Ohio Legislature, 330-33;
action by other States, 333-35;
denial of power to erect bank, 334, 336, 337;
Taylor's attack, 335-39;
Jefferson's comment, 339;
Jackson denies authority of decision, 530-32.
McDonald, Anthony, as teaching hatter, =1=, 272.
McDonald, Joseph E., on M. as a lover, =1=, 163 _n._
McDuffie, George, and non-intercourse with tariff States, =4=, 538.
McGrane, R. C., acknowledgment to, =4=, 318 _n._
McHenry, James, forced resignation, =2=, 485;
on M. and State portfolio, 489;
on Adams's temperament, 489 _n._;
on Federalist dissensions, 521;
and sedition trial, =3=, 32.
M'Ilvaine _vs._ Coxe's Lessee, =4=, 54 _n._
M'Intosh, Lachlan, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 547.
McKean, Thomas, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 330, 332;
and pardon of Fries, =2=, 429.
Mackie, ----, Richmond physician, =1=, 189 _n._
M'Lean, John, relief bill, =1=, 204.
McLean, Justice John, appointment, =4=, 510;
dissent in Craig _vs._ Missouri, 513;
and M., 582;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583, 584 _n._
Macon, Nathaniel, and Chase impeachment, =3=, 170.
MacRae, Alexander, prosecutes Burr, =3=, 407;
on subpoena to Jefferson, 437;
on M.'s statement of prosecution's expectation of conviction, 448;
on overt act, 494;
in trial for misdemeanor, 522.
Madison, Bishop James, as professor at William and Mary, =1=, 155.
Madison, James, as statesman, =1=, 32;
in the Legislature, 203;
on post-Revolutionary Legislature, 205, 206;
on amendment of constitutions, 216;
and British debts, 226, 228;
and payment of Continental debt, 235, 440;
and extradition bill, 236, 239;
loses faith in democracy, 252, 300;
on state of trade (1785), 262;
use of cipher, 266 _n._;
on community isolation, 285;
on demand for division of property, 294;
on spirit of repudiation, 295, 306;
fear of paper money, 297 _n._;
on failure of requisitions, 305 _n._;
on economic basis of evils under Confederation, 310, 311;
on need of uniform control of commerce, 312;
on need of negative on State acts, 312;
on opposition in Pennsylvania to Ratification, 338;
change of views, 338, 401, =2=, 46, 50, 79;
on Ratification contest in Massachusetts, =1=, 339;
on Hancock, 339 _n._;
on Massachusetts amendments, 349;
on contest in New Hampshire, 355;
and Randolph's attitude on Ratification, 362, 363, 377;
on delegates to the Virginia Convention, 367;
in Ratification Convention: and detailed debate, 370;
and offer of conciliation, 384;
on prospects of Convention, 384, 434, 462;
participation in debate deferred, 384;
characterized, 394;
in the debate in Convention, 394, 395, 397, 421, 428, 430-32,
440, 442, 449, 470;
compared with Hamilton, 397 _n._;
on Oswald at Richmond, 402;
on opposition's policy of delay, 434;
on treaty-making power, 442;
and gradual consolidation, 446;
on Judiciary, 449;
on Judiciary debate, 461, 462;
in contest over recommendatory amendments, 473;
on personal influence in Ratification, 476;
on Publicola papers, =2=, 15 _n._, 19;
influence on, of popularity of French Revolution, 20, 27;
on opposition after Ratification, 45;
defeated for Senate, 49, 50;
elected to the House, 50 _n._;
attacks M. (1793), 99, 100;
and M.'s integrity, 140;
and appointment to X. Y. Z. Mission, 227, 281;
on X. Y. Z. dispatches, 340;
on Alien Act, 382;
Virginia Resolutions, 399;
address of the Legislature, 400, 401;
and Adams's Cabinet, 487;
on Washington's and Adams's temperaments, 487 _n._;
on champagne, =3=, 10 _n._;
and Marbury _vs._ Madison, 110, 111, 126;
on declaring acts void, 115 _n._, 120 _n._;
and Judiciary Act of 1789, 129;
and M.'s biography of Washington, 228, 229;
and Miranda, 300, 301;
and trial of Burr, 390-92;
and Andrew Jackson, 405;
and Ogden-Smith trial, 436 _n._;
and J. Q. Adams, 541 _n._;
on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._, =4=, 245;
commission on Georgia cession, =3=, 574 _n._;
inauguration, 585;
and Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 593;
and Olmstead case, =4=, 21;
Erskine incident, 22;
and Minister Jackson, 23;
and Napoleon's pretended revocation of decrees, 26, 36-39, 48-50;
War Message, 29;
M. proposed as opponent for Presidency (1812), 31-34;
dismisses Smith, 34;
and Hay's pamphlet on impressment, 53;
Jefferson and appointment of Tyler as District Judge, 103-06;
and successor to Justice Cushing, 106-10;
and first Bank of the United States, 172;
and second Bank, 180;
and attack on Judiciary, 371, 378;
veto of Bonus Bill, 417;
Randolph's arraignment, 419;
on commerce clause, 423 _n._;
and American Colonization Society, 474, 476 _n._;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
conservatism there, 489, 507;
and tenure of judges of abolished court, 496, 500;
on Nullification, 556;
M. on it, 557;
later explanation of Virginia Resolves, 557.
Mail, conditions (c. 1790), =1=, 264-66;
secrecy violated, 266.
Maine, Sir Henry S., on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 277.
Maine, and Nullification, =4=, 559.
Majority, decrease in faith of rule by, =1=, 252, 253;
rights, =2=, 17;
M. on rule, 402.
_See also_ Democracy; Government.
Malaria, in Washington, =3=, 6.
Mandamus jurisdiction of Supreme Court in Judiciary Act of 1789,
M.'s opinion of unconstitutionality, =3=, 127, 128, 132, 133;
general acceptance of jurisdiction, 128-30.
Manhattan Company, Burr and charter, =3=, 287 _n._
Manufactures, M. on conditions in France (1797), =2=, 267, 268;
effect of War of 1812, =4=, 57.
Marbury, William, Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 110.
Marbury _vs._ Madison, underlying question, =3=, 49, 50, 75, 104-09,
116, 118, 127, 131, 142;
references to, in Judiciary debate (1802), 61 _n._, 63, 78, 80, 86;
expected granting of mandamus, 62 _n._, 90 _n._, 112;
arguments anticipated, M.'s knowledge of earlier statements, 75,
116-20, 611-13;
facts of case, 110, 111;
as vehicle for assertion of constitutional authority of Judiciary,
dilemma and its solution, 111, 126-33;
dangers in M.'s course, 111-14;
M.'s personal interest, 124, 125;
practical unimportance of case, 125;
hearing, 125, 126;
M.'s opinion, 133-42;
right to commission, 133-35;
mandamus as remedy, 135;
unconstitutionality of Court's mandamus jurisdiction, 136-38;
declaring acts void, 138-42;
opinion and assault on Judiciary, 143, 153, 155;
Jefferson and opinion, 143, 144, 153, 431, 432, =4=, 363;
little notice of decision, =3=, 153-55;
first citation, 154 _n._
Marietta, Ohio, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 312, 324.
Marine Corps, debate in Congress (1800), =2=, 446-48.
Markham, Elizabeth, =1=, 14, 16.
Markham, Lewis, =1=, 16.
Marriage, Henry's plan for intermarriage of whites and Indians,
=1=, 240 _n._, 241.
Marryat, Frederick, on newspaper abuse, =4=, 175 _n._;
on Localism, 191.
Marsh, Charles, and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 256, 258.
Marshall, Abraham, M.'s uncle, =1=, 485.
Marshall, Alexander, M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 38 _n._
Marshall, Ann, Mrs. Smith, =1=, 485.
Marshall, Charles, M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 38 _n._
Marshall, Charlotte, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 56 _n._
Marshall, Edward C, M.'s son, birth, =4=, 73 _n._;
education, 73.
Marshall, Elizabeth (Markham), M.'s grandmother, =1=, 14, 16;
bequest in husband's will, 485, 486.
Marshall, Elizabeth, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 34 _n._
Marshall, Elizabeth, acknowledgment to, =4=, 528 _n._
Marshall, Hester (Morris), =2=, 203.
Marshall, Humphrey, as delegate to Ratification Convention, =1=, 320;
on popular fear of Constitution, 321 _n._;
votes for ratification, 411 _n._;
and Jay Treaty, =2=, 118;
and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 315, 317;
on Embargo and secession, =4=, 17.
Marshall, Jacquelin A., M.'s son, birth, =1=, 190 _n._, =4=, 73 _n._;
education, 73.
Marshall, James K., M.'s son, birth, =2=, 453, =4=, 73 _n._;
education, 73;
M.'s home with, 528.
Marshall, James M., M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 38 _n._;
M. helps, 197;
and imprisonment of Lafayette, =2=, 33;
and Fairfax estate, 100, 203-11;
and M.'s business affairs, 173 _n._;
marriage to Morris's daughter, 203;
and M. in Europe, 232 _n._;
staff office in French War, 357;
Federal appointment as nepotism, 560 _n._;
witness in Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 126.
_See also_ Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Marshall, Jane, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 56 _n._;
M. and love affair, =2=, 174, 175;
marriage, 175 _n._
Marshall, John, M.'s grandfather, career, =1=, 12, 13;
will, 485;
deed from William Marshall, 487, 488.
Marshall, John, M.'s uncle, =1=, 485.
Marshall, John,
_early years and private life_:
birth, =1=, 6;
Randolph and Isham ancestry, 10;
similarity in conditions of Jefferson's birth, 11 _n._;
Marshall ancestry, real and traditional, 12-16;
Keith ancestry, 16;
boyhood homes and migrations, 33-37, 55;
boyhood life, 38-41;
education, 42, 53, 57;
and his father, 42;
reading, Pope's poems, 44-46;
training in order, 45;
influence of Lord Fairfax on training, 49 _n._;
influence of James Thompson, 54;
reads Blackstone, 56;
to be a lawyer, 56;
military training, 56;
training from father's service as burgess, 65, 66;
drilling master for other youths, 70;
patriotic speeches (1775), 72;
at battle of Great Bridge, 76, 78;
lieutenant in the line, 79, 91;
on militia during the Revolution, 85, 100;
military promotions, 91, 138;
spirit as army officer, 91;
in Brandywine campaign, 93-97;
in the retreat, 99;
in battle of Germantown, 102;
cheerful influence at Valley Forge, 117-19, 132;
Deputy Judge Advocate, 119;
judicial training in army, 119;
in Monmouth campaign, 135, 137;
on Lee at Monmouth, 137;
Stony Point, 139, 140;
Pawles Hook, 142;
inaction, awaiting a command, 143, 161;
and Arnold's invasion, 144;
meeting with future wife, courting, relations with Ambler family,
152-54, 159-61, 163;
at William and Mary, extent of law studies, 154, 155, 160, 161,
174-76;
in Phi Beta Kappa, 158;
in debating society, 159;
licensed to practice law, 161;
resigns commission, 162;
walks to Philadelphia to be inoculated, 162;
marriage, 165, 166;
financial circumstances at time of marriage, 166-69;
slaves, 167, 180;
social effect of marriage, 170;
first Richmond home, 170;
lack of legal equipment, 173, 176;
early account books, 176-81, 184-90, 197;
early fees and practice, 177, 181, 184, 187, 190, 196;
children, 179, 190, =2=, 370 _n._, 453, =4=, 72-74;
and Gallatin (1784), =1=, 183;
buys military certificates, 184;
Fauquier land from father, 186;
as a Mason, 187, =2=, 176;
City Recorder, =1=, 188;
later Richmond home and neighbors, 189, =2=, 171;
first prominent case, Hite _vs._ Fairfax, =1=, 191-96;
employed by Washington, 196;
buys Fauquier land, 196;
Robert Morris's lawyer, 401 _n._;
list of cases, 567-70;
and James River Company, =2=, 56;
profits from legal practice, 169-71, 201;
and new enterprises, 174;
method as pleader, 177-82, 192-96;
extent of legal knowledge, 178;
neglect of precedents, 179;
statement of cases, 180, 181;
character of cases, 181;
in Ware _vs._ Hylton, on British debts, 186-92;
and Robert Morris, investments, 199, 200;
Fairfax estate, 203-11, 371, 372, =3=, 223, 224, =4=, 148-50,
150 _n._, 152, 157;
financial reasons for accepting X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 211-13;
biography of Washington (_see_ Biography);
as Beaumarchais's attorney, 292;
interest in stability of contracts, =3=, 582;
life in Washington, =4=, 80, 81;
illness, operation for stone, 518, 520-24, 528;
will, 525 _n._;
later residence, 527;
decline, 586, 587;
death, 587;
escort of body to Richmond, 588;
funeral, 588;
inscription on tomb, 593.
_Virginia Legislature, Ratification, and later State affairs_:
elections to Legislature, =1=, 164, 202, 211, 212, 228, 242,
=2=, 54, 130, 159;
character as legislator, =1=, 202;
committee appointments and routine work, 204, 213, 218, 368,
=2=, 54-56, 141;
first votes, =1=, 204;
on character of Legislature, 206-08;
elected to Council of State, 209;
election resented, forced out, 209, 211, 212;
political importance of membership in Council, 209 _n._, 210;
and Revolutionary veterans, 213;
and relief for Thomas Paine, 213;
and loyalists, 214;
on amendment of Constitution, 216;
and Potomac Company, 218;
and chancery bill (1787), 218-20;
indifference to religious freedom question, 220, 222;
and British debts, 222, 225-31;
and Continental debt and navigation acts, 234, 235;
and extradition bill, 240;
and intermarriage of whites and Indians, 240 _n._, 241;
and calling of Ratification Convention, 242, 246, 247;
on Shays's Rebellion, 298, 299, 300 _n._, 302;
practical influences on stand for Ratification, 313, 314;
on opposition to Ratification, 356;
candidacy for Ratification Convention, 364;
importance in the Convention, 367;
in the Convention: study, 391;
on Philips attainder case, 393 _n._, 411;
social influence in Convention, 409;
in the debate, 409-20, 436-38, 450-61;
on necessity of well-ordered government, 409-11;
on navigation of the Mississippi, 411;
on necessity of delegated powers, 412, 413;
on Federal taxation, 413-16, 419;
on amendments, 412, 418;
on control of militia and preparedness, 436-38;
on concurrent powers, 436;
and Henry, 438, 464;
on Federal Judiciary, 450-61;
on independence of Judiciary, 451, 459;
on declaring acts void, 452, 453, =2=, 18;
on suits against States, =1=, 454;
on discretion in Congress, 454;
on other jurisdiction, 455;
on jury trial, 456, 457;
of committee on amendments, 477;
on opposition after Ratification, =2=, 45 _n._;
survey and report on Virginia internal improvements, =4=, 42-45;
and Bank of Virginia incident, 194;
election to Constitutional Convention, 467;
attitude on issues there, 468, 470, 471, 488, 507, 508;
standing there, 489;
in debate on Judiciary, 489-501;
and on suffrage, 502;
anticipates split of Virginia, 571.
_Federal affairs_:
relationship with Jefferson, =1=, 9;
on early approbation of French Revolution, =2=, 4;
on St. Domingo negro insurrection, 20, 21;
on popular enthusiasm for French Revolution, 22, 23;
on conservative American opinion, 23;
and imprisonment of Lafayette, 32-34;
and democratic societies, 41;
on origin of State Rights contest, 48;
and Madison's candidacy for Senate, 50;
declines Federal appointments, 53;
and first amendments, 58;
and attack on assumption, 65, 66;
continued popularity, 78;
Jefferson's attempt to sidetrack him (1792), 79-81;
refuses to stand for Congress (1792), 81;
on opposition to Federal excise, 87;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 89, 90;
Brigadier-General of Militia, 90;
on assault on Neutrality Proclamation, 93, 94, 96;
support of policy of neutrality, 97-99, 235, 387, 402, 403,
507-09;
first Republican attacks on, 98-103;
and post at New Orleans (1793), 99;
attacks on character, 101-03, 409, 410;
military enforcement of neutrality, 103-06;
on British depredations on neutral trade (1794), 108;
on retention of frontier posts, 111;
leader of Virginia Federalists, 122;
refuses Cabinet offers, 122, 123, 147;
advises on Cabinet appointments, 124-26, 132;
defense of Jay Treaty, 126, 129 _n._;
and Jay Treaty resolutions of Legislature, 133-37;
on treaty-making power (1795), 134-36;
and Legislature's indirect censure of Washington, 138, 140;
Jefferson's accusation of hypocrisy (1795), 139, 140;
and proposed amendments, 141;
declines French mission (1796), 144-46;
and Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, 149-55;
sounds Henry on presidential candidacy (1796), 156-58;
and Virginia address to Washington (1796), 159-62;
growth of the Jefferson feud, 165;
and Federalist leaders (1796), 198;
declines Jay Treaty commissionship, 200-02;
X. Y. Z. Mission [_see_ this title];
on John Adams (1797), 214;
Adams on, 218;
on The Hague, 231;
on 18th Fructidor, 232, 236-44;
on conditions in Holland (1797), 233-35;
on conditions at Antwerp, 246, 247;
on French economic conditions, 267-70;
on Treaty of Campo Formio, 271;
on French military and financial conditions, 321-23;
on liberty and excess of press, 331;
refuses Associate Justiceship, 347, 378, 379;
beginning of Jefferson's open warfare, 358;
Washington persuades him to run for Congress (1798), 374-78;
Republican attacks on candidacy, M. on attacks, 379, 395, 396,
407, 409, 410;
on expediency of Alien and Sedition Acts, 386, 388, 389, =3=, 106;
answers to queries on principles, =2=, 386-89, 574-77;
Federalists on views on Alien and Sedition Acts, 389-94, 406;
on motives of Virginia Republicans, 394, 407;
address of minority of Virginia Legislature, 402-06;
on rule of the majority, 402;
on preparedness, 403, 476-80, 531;
attack on Virginia Resolutions, 404;
on constitutionality of Alien and Sedition Acts, 404;
electioneering, 409;
defeat expected, 410;
effect of Henry's support, 410-13;
at the polls, 413-16;
elected, 416;
Washington's congratulations, 416;
apology to Washington for statements of supporters, 416, 417;
Federalists on election, their misgivings, 417-19;
Jefferson on election, 419;
and officers for army (1799), 420;
visit to father in Kentucky, Jefferson's fear of political
mission, 421, 422;
and French hostility as Federalist asset, 422;
approves reopening of French negotiations, 428, 433, 436;
importance to Federalists in Congress, 432, 436, 437;
of committee to notify President, 432;
reply of House to Adams's address, 433-36;
on question of reducing army (1800), 436, 439, 476-81;
on campaign plots and issues, 438-40;
addresses on death of Washington, 440-43;
and phrase "first in war," 443-45;
use of term "American Nation," 441;
activity in Congress, 445;
and cession of Western Reserve, 446;
and powers of territorial Governor, 446;
and army officers' insult of Randolph, 446;
and Marine Corps Bill, debate with Randolph, 446-48;
and land grants for veterans, 448;
attitude towards slavery (1800), 449, 450;
votes to repeal Sedition Act, 451;
political independence, 451, 452;
kills Disputed Elections Bill, 455-58;
and delay in Jonathan Robins case, 462, 463;
importance and oratory of speech on case, 464, 473;
arguments in speech, 465-71;
on jurisdiction on high seas, 465-67;
on basis of piracy, 467;
on limitation to jurisdiction of Federal Courts, 468-70;
on incidental judicial powers of Executive, 470;
on President as sole organ in external relations, 470;
comments and effect of speech, 471-75;
Jefferson's blindness to merit, 475;
and Bankruptcy Bill, 481, 482;
refuses War portfolio, 485;
appointment as Secretary of State, 486, 489, 491;
Republican comment on appointment, 490, 492;
Federalist comment, 492;
as Secretary, incidents of service, 493, 494, 499;
and office-seekers, 494;
and pardon of Williams, 495;
and continued depredations on neutral trade, 496;
and _Sandwich_ incident, 496;
and Bowles's activity in Florida, 497-99;
and Barbary Powers, 499;
and disruption of British-debts commission and proposed
compromise, 502-05;
instructions to King on British depredations, 506-14;
on unwarranted increase of contraband list, 509-11;
on paper blockade, 511;
on unfairness of British admiralty courts, 511, 512;
on impressment, 513;
and breaking-up of Federalist Party, 514, 515, 526;
loses control of district, 515;
and prospects of new French negotiations, 522, 523;
and French treaty, 525;
writes Adams's address to Congress, 530, 531;
on need of navy, 531;
and extension of Federal Judiciary, 531, 548;
and _Washington Federalist_, 532 _n._, 541, 547 _n._;
neutrality in Jefferson-Burr contest, 536-38;
personal interest in it, 538, 539;
effect of his neutrality, 539;
opinion of Jefferson (1800), 537;
and threatened deadlock, 541-43;
Fairfax estate and Judiciary Bill (1801), 551;
continues as Secretary of State, 558;
and judgeship for Wolcott, 559, 560;
and midnight appointments, myth concerning, 559, 561, 562;
and accusation of nepotism, 560 _n._;
in defeat of party, =3=, 11;
and Republican success, 15;
on Jefferson's inaugural, 18;
and Callender trial, 39;
on trials for violating Neutrality Proclamation, 26;
on settlement of British debts controversy, 103;
on political conditions (1802), 104;
opposition to War of 1812 and hatred of France, =4=, 1-3, 15,
35-41, 49, 50, 55, 125;
opposition to Embargo, 14, 15;
on Jackson incident and Federalist defeat (1809), 24, 25;
proposed for President (1812), 31-34, 46, 47;
and Richmond Vigilance Committee, 41 _n._;
refrains from voting, 462, 465;
incident of election of 1828, 462-65;
on House election of Adams, 462 _n._;
on Jackson's inauguration, 466;
and American Colonization Society, 473-76;
and Jackson's war on the Bank, 528, 533, 535;
on Virginia and Jackson's veto of Harbor Bill, 534;
and election of 1832, 534;
and Indian policy, 542 _n._
_Chief Justice_:
Appointment, =2=, 553;
Adams on qualifications, 554:
reception of appointment, 555-57;
acceptance, 557, 558;
Jefferson and appointment, 652, =3=, 20;
general inappreciation of appointment, =2=, 563;
change in delivery of opinions, =3=, 16;
_Amelia case_, law of prize, 16, 17;
Wilson _vs._ Mason, Kentucky land case, 17;
United States _vs._ Peggy, treaty as supreme law, 17;
Turner _vs._ Fendall, practice and evidence, 18;
influence of Alien and Sedition Acts on career, 49;
and assault on the Judiciary (1802), 50, 75;
Judiciary Act of 1801 and acceptance of Chief Justiceship, 58;
and Giles, 76 _n._;
Giles's sneer at and Bayard's reply, 77;
and annulment of repeal of Judiciary Act, 85, 91, 92, 93 _n._,
95-97, 122, 123, =4=, 489, 490;
on circuit, =3=, 101-03, =4=, 63-66;
preparation for assertion of constitutional authority of
Judiciary, 104, 109;
Marbury _vs._ Madison [_see_ this title];
American Insurance Co. _vs._ Canter, annexation and territorial
government, =3=, 148, =4=, 143, 144;
removal by impeachment planned, his fear of it, =3=, 155, 161-63,
176-79, 192, 196;
United States _vs._ Fisher, implied powers, 162;
importance of Chase trial to, 175-79, 191, 192, 196, 220, 222;
suggests legislative reversal of judicial opinions, 177, 178;
Randolph's tribute to, in Chase trial, its political importance,
188, 214-16;
as witness in trial, 192-96;
early opinions, 273;
and rumors on Burr Conspiracy, 338;
and habeas corpus for Swartwout and Bollmann, 346;
opinion on their discharge, effect of misunderstanding of
statement on presence at overt act, 349-57, 414 _n._, 484,
493, 496, 502, 506-09;
rebukes of Jefferson's conduct, 351, 376;
warrant for Burr's arrest, 370;
preliminary hearing and opinion, 370, 372-79;
conduct and position during Burr trial, 375, 397, 404, 407, 408,
413 _n._, 421, 423, 480, 483, 484, 494, 517, 526;
Jefferson's criticism of preliminary hearing, 386-89;
at dinner with Burr, 394-97;
on difficulty of fair trial, 401;
and counsel at trial, 408;
and selection of grand Jury 409, 410, 413;
instructions to grand jury, 413-15, 442, 451;
and new motion to commit for treason, 415, 416, 421, 422, 424,
425, 428;
and subpoena to Jefferson, 434, 443-17, 455, 518-22;
admonition to counsel, 439;
opinion on overt act, 442, 504-13, 619-26;
on prosecution's expectation of conviction, 447-49;
and pardon for Bollmann, 452, 453;
and attachment against Wilkinson, 473, 475;
and confinement of Burr, 474, 478;
and selection of petit jury, 475, 482;
seeks advice of associates, 480;
on preliminary proof of overt act, 485-87;
and threat of impeachment, 500, 501, 503, 512, 516;
on testimony not on specified overt act, 512, 542;
and irregular verdict, 514;
denies further trial for treason, 515;
and bail after treason verdict, 516;
and commitment for trial in Ohio, 524, 527, 528, 531 _n._;
Burr's anger at, 524, 528;
and Daveiss's pamphlet, 525;
attacks on for trial, 526, 532-35, 540;
on trial and Baltimore tumult, 529;
Jefferson urges impeachment, 530-32;
Baltimore mob burns him in effigy, 535-40;
J. Q. Adams's report on Burr trial, 542, 543;
later relations with Adams, 542 _n._;
foreign affairs prevent efforts to impeach, 545;
importance of Fletcher _vs._ Peck opinion, 556, 593, 602;
knowledge of Granger's memorial on Yazoo claims, 576 _n._;
and of congressional debate on it, 582;
administers oath to Madison, 585;
hearings and opinion in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, Yazoo claims and
obligation of contract, 585-91;
congressional denunciation of opinion, 595-601;
rebukes resistance of National authority by State, opinion in
Olmstead case, =4=, 18-20;
checks reaction against Nationalism, 58;
period of creative labor, 59;
influence over associates, causes, 59-61, 444;
conduct on the bench, 82;
life and consultation of Justices, 86-89;
character of control over Supreme Court, 89, 90;
popularity with the bar, 94;
encourages argument, 94 _n._, 95;
Story as supplementing, 96, 119, 120, 523;
Story's devotion, 99, 523;
Livingston _vs._ Jefferson, Jefferson's manipulation of colleague,
104-16;
Nationalism and upholding of doubtful acts of Congress,
suppression of personal feelings, 117, 546;
_Adventure_ case, interpretation of Embargo, 118;
_obiter dicta_, 121, 369;
and international law, 121;
_Exchange_ case, immunity of foreign man-of-war, 121-25;
United States _vs._ Palmer, _Divina Pastora_, international status
of revolted province, belligerency, 126-28;
dissent in _Venus_ case, domicil during war and enemy character,
128, 129;
_Nereid_ case, neutral property in enemy ship, 136-42;
and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 145, 148-50, 150 _n._, 152-155,
157, 161, 164;
Granville heirs case, 154, 155;
private letter on Hunter decision, 164 _n._, 165 _n._;
decisions of 1819 as remedies for National ills, 168, 169, 203,
208, 220;
Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, State insolvency laws and obligation
of contracts, 209-19;
New Jersey _vs._ Wilson, exemption from taxation and obligation
of contracts, 221-23;
and Dartmouth College case, 251, 252, 255, 259 _n._, 261, 273,
274;
opinion in case, charters and obligation of contracts, 261-73;
consequences of opinion, 276-81;
importance and aim of M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland opinion, 282, 308;
on Pinkney, 287;
tribute to argument of case, 288;
opinion in case, 289-308;
debt of Webster and Lincoln to, 293 _n._, 553, 554;
attacks on opinion, 309-17, 323-27, 330-39;
and change in reputation of Supreme Court, 310;
on attacks reply to them, 312, 314, 315, 318-23;
sells bank stock, 318;
importance and purpose of Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 342;
opinion in case, 347-57;
on attacks on opinion, 359-62;
Jefferson's attack (1821), 363-66;
Taylor's attack on Nationalist doctrine, 367;
as center of strife over political theories, 370;
on Johnson's Elkison opinion, 383;
opinion in Osborn _vs._ Bank, 385-94;
satisfying disposition of cases, 393, 394;
importance and effect of Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 413, 423, 429, 446,
447, 450;
opinion in Brig Wilson _vs._ United States, navigation, 428, 429;
opinion in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, control over commerce, 429-43;
tribute to Kent, 430, 441;
reception of opinion, 445;
change in congressional attitude toward, 452, 454;
opinion in Brown _vs._ Maryland, foreign commerce, 455-59;
warning to Nullifiers, 459;
survival of opinions, 460;
character of last decade, 461, 518, 581, 582;
_Antelope_ case, slave trade and international law, 476, 477;
Boyce _vs._ Anderson, common carriers and transportation of
slaves, 478;
dissent in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, insolvency laws and future
contracts, 481;
opinion in Craig _vs._ Missouri, State bills of credit, 510;
on Supreme Court and threats of disunion, 512, 513;
anticipates reaction in Supreme Court, 513, 514, 582, 584;
on proposed repeal of appellate jurisdiction, 514;
question of resignation, 519-21;
and homage of Philadelphia bar, 521;
Jackson's denial of authority of opinions, 530-32;
and Georgia-Cherokee contest, 542;
opinion in Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, Indians not foreign
nation, 544-46;
rebukes Jackson's attitude toward contest, 546;
opinion in Worcester _vs._ Georgia, control over Indians, 549-51;
mandate ignored, 551;
opinions and Jackson's Nullification Proclamation, 562, 563;
on Story's article on statesmen, 577;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583, 584 _n._,
585 _n._;
in last term, 585;
last opinion, 585.
_Characteristics, opinions and their development_:
idea of Union in early training, =1=, 9;
motto, 17;
filial and brotherly affection and care, 39, 196, =2=, 174, 175;
influence of early environment, =1=, 33, 41, 42;
poetry and novels, 41, =4=, 79, 80;
appearance at nineteen, =1=, 71;
at twenty-six, 151;
in middle age, =2=, 166-69;
fighter, =1=, 73;
humor, 73, =2=, 111, 146, 181, 182, =4=, 61, 62, 78, 82;
athletic ability, =1=, 73, 118, 132;
nickname, 74, 132;
first lessons on need of organization, 78;
influence of army experience, 89, 90, 100, 126, 145-47, 244, 420;
sociability, generosity, conviviality, 152, 180, 187, 188,
=2=, 102, 483, =4=, 78, 79;
as reader, =1=, 153;
book-buying, 184-86, =2=, 170;
negligent dress, =1=, 163, =4=, 61;
gossip, =1=, 182, 183;
as letter-writer, negligent of correspondence, 183 _n._,
=4=, 203 _n._;
and drinking, =1=, 186, =2=, 102 _n._, 332 _n._, =4=, 79;
sympathy, =1=, 188;
and wife's invalidism, 198, =4=, 66-71;
reverence for woman, =1=, 198, =4=, 71, 72;
handwriting, =1=, 211;
early self-confidence, 211;
influence of service in Legislature, 216, 223, 231, 232, 244;
growth of Nationalism, 223, 231, 240, 242-44, 286, 287, =2=, 77,
91, =4=, 1, 55;
loses faith in democracy, =1=, 252, 254, 294, 302, =3=, 109, 265,
=4=, 4, 55, 93, 479-83, 488, 507;
characterized at Ratification Convention, =1=, 408, 409;
as speaker, 409 _n._, 420, =2=, 188, 464;
argument by questions, =1=, 457 _n._;
influence of Ratification, 479;
influence of French Revolution, =2=, 3, 4, 7-9, 20, 32, 34, 44;
preparation for Nationalistic leadership, 52;
integrity, 140, 563, =4=, 90;
effect on, of abuse of Washington, =2=, 163;
appreciation of own powers, 168;
and French language, 170 _n._, 219;
trust, 173;
diversions, 182-85, =4=, 66, 76-78;
La Rochefoucauld's analysis of character, =2=, 196, 197;
ambitiousness, 197;
indolence, 197, 483;
domesticity, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 231, 284-86, 369-71,
=4=, 461, 532;
love of theater, =2=, 217, 231;
influence of experiences in France, 287-89, =4=, 2, 3, 15, 125;
peacefulness, =2=, 369;
Sedgwick on character, 483, 484;
and popularity, 483;
good nature, 483, 484;
charm, 483, 484, 563, =4=, 81, 90;
independence, =2=, 484;
fearlessness, 484;
unappreciated masterfulness, 563;
and policy of isolation, =3=, 14 _n._;
light-heartedness, 102;
and honors, 271, =4=, 89;
appearance in maturity, =3=, 371;
and Burr contrasted, 371, 372;
on right of secession, 430;
impressiveness, 447;
prejudice-holding, =4=, 2;
denies right of expatriation, 53-55;
not learned, 60;
simplicity of daily life, 61-63;
marketing, 61;
deliberateness, 62;
fondness for children, 63;
interest in agriculture, 63;
habits of thought and writing, 64, 67, 169, 220, 290;
abstraction, 64, 85;
religion, 69-71;
life at Fairfax estate, 74;
kindness, 75;
conscientiousness, 76;
lack of personal enemies, 78;
dislike of Washington formal society, 83-85;
as conversationalist, 85;
portraits, 85 _n._, 522 _n._;
dislike of publicity, 89;
character in general, 90;
resemblance to Lincoln, 92, 93;
and imprisonment for debt, 215, 216;
Roane's tribute, 313;
and criticism, 321;
humanness, 321;
contrasted with Jackson, 466;
on uplift and labor problem, 471;
and slavery, 472-79;
and death of wife, tribute to her memory, 524-27;
country's esteem, 578, 581 _n._;
Story on green old age, 579;
on attitude toward Jefferson, 579, 580;
and Story's Commentaries and dedication to himself, 569, 576,
580, 581;
on Nullification, 556-59, 562, 569-72, 574, 575;
despondent over state of country, 575-78;
tributes at death, 589-92;
hostile criticism, 591;
Story's verses on, 592, 593.
Marshall, John, M.'s son, M. on, as baby, =2=, 370;
birth, 370 _n._, =4=, 73 _n._;
education, 73.
Marshall, John, New England skipper, =4=, 223.
Marshall, Judith, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 38 _n._
Marshall, Louis, M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 56 _n._
Marshall, Lucy, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 38 _n._;
marriage, 166 _n._;
M. helps, 197.
Marshall, Martha, M.'s putative great-grandmother, =1=, 483.
Marshall, Mary, M.'s aunt, =1=, 486.
Marshall, Mary, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 34 _n._
Marshall, Mary, M.'s daughter, Mrs. Jacquelin B. Harvie,
=3=, 192 _n._, =4=, 73;
birth, 73 _n._
Marshall, Mary Randolph (Keith), M.'s mother,
ancestry and parents, =1=, 10, 16-18;
education and character, 18, 19;
children, 19, 34, 38 _n._, 56 _n._
Marshall, Mary W. (Ambler), courtship, =1=, 148-54, 159, 160, 163;
marriage to M., 165, 166;
children, 179, 190, =2=, 370 _n._, 453, =4=, 73 _n._;
religion, =1=, 189 _n._, =4=, 69;
items in M.'s account book, =1=, 197;
invalid, M.'s devotion, 198, =2=, 371 _n._, =4=, 66-69;
independent means, 524 _n._;
death, M.'s tribute, 524-27.
Marshall, Nancy, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 56 _n._
Marshall, Peggy, M.'s aunt, =1=, 486.
Marshall, Sarah, Mrs. Lovell, =1=, 485.
Marshall, Susan, M.'s sister, birth, =1=, 56 _n._
Marshall, Thomas, M.'s putative great grandfather, =1=, 14;
will, 483, 484.
Marshall, Thomas, father of M., and Washington, =1=, 7, 46;
and Braddock's expedition, 8;
similarity to Jefferson's father, 11;
birth, 13;
character, 19;
children, 19, 34, 38 _n._, 56 _n._;
as a frontiersman, 31;
settlement in Fauquier County, 33, 34;
migration to "The Hollow," 34-37;
appearance, 35;
slaves, 37 _n._;
education, 42;
and M., 42;
influence of Lord Fairfax, 47, 50;
offices, 51, 58 _n._, 170 _n._;
leases land, 51;
vestryman, 52;
acquires Oak Hill, 55;
in House of Burgesses, 58, 61, 64;
in Virginia Convention (1775), 65, 66;
prepares for war, 67;
major of minute-men, 69;
at battle of Great Bridge, 76, 77;
enters Continental service, 79;
in crossing of the Delaware, 91;
promotions, 95;
in Brandywine campaign, 95;
colonel of State Artillery, 96 _n._, 117 _n._;
source on military services, 148 _n._, 489;
not at surrender of Charleston, 148 _n._;
property, 166;
financial stress, moves to Kentucky, 167-69;
gives M. land, 186;
and M.'s election to Legislature, 202;
and M.'s election to Council of State, 209 _n._;
and British debts, 229, 231;
in Virginia Legislature from Kentucky, 229;
bequest from father, 485;
on Kentucky and National Government (1791), =2=, 68 _n._;
resignation as Supervisor of Revenue, on trials of office, 212 _n._,
213 _n._;
M.'s visit to (1799), 421, 422.
Marshall, Thomas, M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 34 _n._;
in Revolutionary army, 117 _n._
Marshall, Thomas, M.'s son, birth, =1=, 179 _n._, =4=, 73 _n._;
education, 73;
home, 74;
killed, 588.
Marshall, William, putative great uncle of M., =1=, 12, 14, 483;
deed to M.'s grandfather, 487, 488.
Marshall, William, M.'s uncle, =1=, 485.
Marshall, William, M.'s brother, birth, =1=, 38 _n._;
and Chase impeachment, =3=, 176, 191, 192.
Marshals, United States, plan to remove Federalist, =3=, 21;
conduct in sedition trials, 42.
Martin, Luther, and Callender trial, =3=, 37;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 115 _n._;
counsel for Chase, 186;
career and character, 186 _n._, 187 _n._, 538 _n._;
argument, 201-06;
counsel for Swartwout and Bollmann, 348;
counsel for Burr, 407, 428;
security for Burr, 429 _n._;
on subpoena to Jefferson, 436, 437, 441, 451;
Jefferson's threat to arrest, 451;
on pardon for Bollmann, 452-54;
and confining of Burr, 474;
public hostility, 480 _n._;
on preliminary proof of overt act, 485;
intemperance, 501 _n._, 586 _n._;
on overt act, 501-04;
on the verdict, 513;
and Baltimore mob, 535-40;
Burr's friendship, 538 _n._;
counsel in Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 585, 586;
as practitioner before M., =4=, 95;
and Dartmouth College case, 238 _n._;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 284, 286.
Martin, Philip,
sale of Fairfax estate, =2=, 203 _n._, =4=, 149, 150 _n._
_See also_ Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee.
Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, early case, =2=, 206-08;
importance, =4=, 144, 166, 167;
M.'s connection with decision, 145, 153, 161, 164;
interest of M.'s brother in case, 145, 150, 153 _n._, 160;
Virginia's political organization, 146;
Hunter's grant, Fairfax's State case against it, 147;
Marshall syndicate compromise on Fairfax lands, 148;
compromise and Hunter's claim, 149, 150 _n._, 152, 157, 163;
decision for Hunter in State court, 151, 152;
Hunter's social position, 151 _n._;
appeal to Supreme Court involving treaties, 153;
Federal statute covering appeal, 153 _n._;
M. and similar North Carolina case, 154, 155;
Story's opinion, treaty protects Fairfax rights, 156;
Johnson's dissent, 157;
Virginia court denies right of Supreme Court to hear appeal, 157-60;
second appeal to Supreme Court, 160;
Story's opinion on right of appeal, 161-63;
M.'s private letter on appellate power, 164 _n._, 165 _n._;
Johnson's dissent on control over State courts, 165, 166.
Martineau, Harriet, on M.'s attitude toward women, =4=, 72.
Maryland, and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 105 _n._;
tax on Bank of the United States, =4=, 207.
_See also_ Brown _vs._ Maryland; M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland.
Mason, George, as statesman, =1=, 32;
in the Legislature, 203;
on character of post-Revolutionary Legislature, 205 _n._;
and amendment of Virginia Constitution (1784), 217;
and chancery bill (1787), 219;
on loose morals, 220;
and British debts, 229 _n._, 230 _n._, 231;
and Confederate navigation acts, 235;
and calling of Ratification Convention, 245;
in Ratification Convention: characterized, 369;
motion for detailed debate, 369;
and delay, 372;
on consolidated government, 382;
on conciliation, 383;
in the debate, 421-23, 435, 438-40, 445, 448, 467;
appeal to class hatred, 422, 439 _n._, 467;
denounces Randolph, 423;
fear of the Federal District, 438, 439;
on payment of public debt, 440, 441;
on Judiciary, 445-47;
on suppression of Clinton's letter, 478;
and M., =2=, 78;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, =3=, 115 _n._;
and on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
Mason, Jeremiah, as practitioner before M., =4=, 95;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, 233, 234, 250, 251;
fee and portrait, 255 _n._;
Bank controversy, 529.
Mason, Jonathan, on X. Y. Z. dispatches, =2=, 338, 342;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 60.
Mason, Stevens T., divulges Jay Treaty, =2=, 115, =3=, 63 _n._;
on Virginia and Jay Treaty, =2=, 151 _n._;
appearance, =3=, 62;
in debate on repeal of the Judiciary Act, 63-65.
Masonry, M.'s interest, =1=, 187, =2=, 176;
first hall at Richmond, =1=, 188.
Massac, Fort, Burr at, =3=, 294.
Massachusetts, drinking in colonial, =1=, 23 _n._;
Shays's Rebellion, 298-303;
policy of Constitutionalists, 339;
character of opposition to Ratification, 339, 340, 344-47;
strength and standpoint of opposition, 344;
influence of Hancock, 347;
recommendatory amendments and Ratification, 348, 349;
soothing the opposition, 350-53;
question of bribery, 353 _n._, 354 _n._;
and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 43, 105 _n._;
and Embargo, =4=, 12, 15, 17;
and War of 1812, 48 _n._;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334;
steamboat monopoly, 415;
Constitutional Convention (1820), 471.
Massachusetts Historical Society,
makes M. a corresponding member, =3=, 271.
Massie, Thomas, buys land from M.'s father, =1=, 168.
Mattauer divorce case in Virginia, =2=, 55 _n._
Matthews, George, journey (1790), =3=, 55 _n._;
and Yazoo lands bill, 549-51.
Matthews, Thomas, and chancery bill (1787), =1=, 219;
presides in Ratification Convention, 468.
Maxwell, William, Brandywine campaign, =1=, 93.
Mayo, John, defeat and duel, =2=, 515.
Mazzei letter, =2=, 537 _n._, 538 _n._
Mead, Cowles, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 362, 363.
Meade, William, on drinking, =1=, 23;
on irreligion, 221 _n._;
on M.'s daily life, =4=, 63, 63 _n._, 69.
Mellen, Prentice, on bankruptcy frauds, =4=, 202.
Mercer, Charles F., on M., =4=, 489 _n._
Mercer, John, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Mercer, John Francis,
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, =3=, 115 _n._
Meredith, Jonathan, counsel in Brown _vs._
Maryland, =4=, 455.
Merlin de Douai, Philippe A., election to Directory, =2=, 243.
Merry, Anthony, intrigue with Federalist Secessionists, =3=, 281;
and Burr, 287-90, 299.
Mexican Association, =3=, 295.
Mexico. _See_ Burr Conspiracy.
Midnight appointments, =2=, 559-62;
ousted, =3=, 95.
Milan Decree, =4=, 7.
Military certificates, M. purchases, =1=, 184.
Military titles, passion for, =1=, 327 _n._, 328 _n._
Militia, in the Revolution, =1=, 83-86, 100;
debate in Ratification Convention on efficiency, 393, 406 _n._;
on control, 435-38;
uniform in Virginia (1794), =2=, 104 _n._;
M. on unreliability, 404.
Milledge, John, on Yazoo lands, =3=, 573 _n._
Miller, James, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 566 _n._
Miller, Stephen D., and Nullification, =4=, 555.
"Millions for defense," origin of slogan, =2=, 348.
Minor, Stephen, Spanish agent, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 256, 329 _n._
Mirabeau, Comte de, on the Cincinnati, =1=, 293.
Miranda, Francisco de,
plans, knowledge of Administration, =3=, 286, 300, 301, 306;
and Burr conspiracy, 306, 308;
Ogden-Smith trial, 436 _n._
Mississippi River, free navigation in Virginia debate on Ratification,
=1=, 399, 403, 411, 420, 430-32;
first steamboat =4=, 402, 402 _n._, 403 _n._;
steamboat monopoly, 402, 414.
Mississippi Territory, powers of Governor, =2=, 446;
Burr, =3=, 362-68.
Missouri. _See_ next title, and Craig _vs._ Missouri.
Missouri Compromise,
Virginia resolutions against restriction, =4=, 325-29;
struggle and secession, 340-42.
Mitchel _vs._ United States, M.'s last opinion, =4=, 585.
Mitchell, Samuel L., votes to acquit Chase, =3=, 219, 220.
Monarchy, fear, =1=, 290 _n._, 291, 334, 391, =2=, 383.
_See also_ Government.
Money, varieties in circulation (1784), =1=, 218 _n._;
debased, 297;
scarcity (c. 1788), =2=, 60 _n._
_See also_ Finances; Paper money.
Monmouth campaign, =1=, 134-38.
Monopoly, Bank of the United States as, =4=, 310, 311, 336, 338, 531.
Monroe, James, Stirling's aide, =1=, 119;
and selling of land rights, 168;
and realizing on warrants, 181, 212;
and chancery bill (1787), 219;
and British debts, 229 _n._, 231;
use of cipher, 266 _n._;
in debate in Ratification Convention, 407, 408, 431;
candidacy for House (1789), =2=, 50 _n._;
on service in Legislature, 81 _n._;
on M.'s support of policy of neutrality, 98;
and M.'s integrity, 140;
as Minister to France, 144, 222, 224;
attack on Washington, 222;
and movement to impeach Justices, =3=, 59;
and J. Q. Adams, 541 _n._;
and M., =4=, 40;
report on St. Cloud Decree, 48;
M.'s review of it, 49, 50;
and Hay's pamphlet on impressment, 53;
and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 160;
and second Bank of the United States, 180 _n._;
and internal improvements, 418 _n._;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
conservatism there, 489.
Montgomery, John, and Chase, =3=, 170;
as witness in Chase trial, 189 _n._
Moore, Albert, resigns Justiceship, =3=, 109 _n._
Moore, John B., on M. and international law, =4=, 117, 121 _n._
Moore, Richard C., at M.'s funeral, =4=, 589.
Moore, Thomas, on Washington, =3=, 9.
Moore, William, on election of Ratification delegates, =1=, 360.
Moravians, during American Revolution, =1=, 110 _n._, 116.
Morgan, Charles S.,
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 501 _n._
Morgan, George, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 309, 465, 488.
Morgan, James, votes for war, =4=, 29 _n._
Morrill, David L., resolution against dueling, =3=, 278 _n._
Morris, Gouverneur, and Ratification in Virginia, =1=, 401, 433;
on American and French revolutions, =2=, 2 _n._;
unfavorable reports of French Revolution, 6-9, 26 _n._, 248;
recall from French Mission, 221;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 60, 61, 65, 66, 70, 71;
Mason's sarcasm, 64;
on reporting debates, 67 _n._;
on Jefferson's pruriency, 90 _n._;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 115 _n._;
and on obligation of contracts, 557 _n._;
and Judiciary Act of 1789, 128;
on Napoleon, =4=, 2.
Morris, Hester, marries J. M. Marshall, =2=, 203.
Morris, Robert, as financial boss, =1=, 335;
as a peculator, 336;
and Ratification in Virginia, 401, 402 _n._;
and M., 401 _n._;
and Cabinet position, =2=, 63;
and M.'s purchase of Fairfax estate, 101, 203, 206, 209, 211;
and M.'s investments, 199, 200;
land speculation, 202, 205 _n._;
connection with M.'s family, 203;
and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129;
and Yazoo lands, 555.
Morris, Thomas, in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 74 _n._
Morse, Jedediah, on secession, =3=, 152.
Morton, Perez, and Yazoo claims, =3=, 576 _n._
Motto, M.'s, =1=, 17.
Mumkins, Betsy, M.'s domestic, =1=, 190.
Murch, Rachel, and Dartmouth College troubles, =4=, 226.
Murdock, T. J., on Story and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 257 _n._
Murphey, Archibald D., on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 272.
Murray, William Vans,
on Gerry in X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 258 _n._, 363;
on memorial of X. Y. Z. envoys, 309;
on M.'s views on Alien and Sedition Acts, 394, 406;
on M.'s election (1799), 419;
and reopening of French negotiations, 423;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 94.
Murrell, John, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 362.
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, M. and origin, =2=, 174.
Napoleon I., and 18th Fructidor, =2=, 230, 246;
Treaty of Campo Formio, 271;
and Talleyrand, 272;
reception in Paris (1797), 287, 288;
and American negotiations, 524;
and Burr, =3=, 537 _n._;
Morris on, =4=, 2;
decrees on neutral trade, 6;
and Embargo Act, 12 _n._;
pretended revocation of decrees, 26, 36-39, 48-50;
battle of Leipzig, 51;
and Fulton's steamboat experiments, 397.
Napoleonic Wars, peace and resumption, =3=, 14;
and American politics, =4=, 2-5.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Nash, Thomas. _See_ Jonathan Robins case.
Nashville, Burr at, =3=, 292, 296, 313.
Nason, Samuel, and Ratification, =1=, 342, 345.
Natchez, first steamboat, =4=, 403 _n._
_Natchez Press_, on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 311 _n._
_National Gazette_, as Jefferson's organ, =2=, 81.
_See also_ Freneau.
National Government, M. on start, =3=, 263.
Nationalism, growth of M.'s idea, =1=, 223, 231, 232, 240, 242-44,
286, 287, =2=, 77;
lack of popular conception under Confederation, =1=, 232, 285;
Washington's spirit during Confederation, 243;
fear of consolidation, 320, 375, 382, 388-390, 405, 433, =2=, 69;
fear of gradual consolidation, =1=, 446;
lesson of Ratification contest, 479;
influence of French Revolution on views, =2=, 42-44;
M. on origin of contest, 48;
made responsible for all discontents, 51-53;
M.'s use of "Nation," 441;
centralization as issue (1800), 520;
union with reaction, =3=, 48;
importance of M.'s Chief Justiceship to, 113;
M. on, as factor under Confederation, 259-61;
M. on Washington's, 259 _n._;
influence of Fletcher _vs._ Peck, 594, 602;
as M.'s purpose in life, =4=, 1, 55;
assertion in Embargo controversy, 12, 16;
Olmstead case, M.'s opinion, 18-21;
moves westward, 28;
M. on internal improvements and, 45;
M. as check to reaction against, 58;
and M.'s upholding of doubtful acts of Congress, 117-19;
of Story, 145;
in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 292;
forces (c. 1821), 370;
original jurisdiction of National Courts, 386;
Randolph's denunciation in internal improvements contest, 419-21;
importance of Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 429;
and tariff and overthrow of slavery, 536;
M.'s opinions and Webster's reply to Hayne, 552-55;
M. anticipates reaction in Supreme Court, 582, 584.
_See also_ Declaring acts void; Division of powers; Federalist
Party; Government; Implied powers; Kentucky Resolutions;
Marshall, John (_Chief Justice_); Nullification; Secession;
State Rights; Virginia Resolutions.
Naturalization, Madison on uniform regulation, =1=, 312.
_See also_ Impressment.
Navigation, power over, under commerce clause, =4=, 428, 432, 433.
Navigation acts, proposed power for Confederation, =1=, 234, 235.
_See also_ Commerce.
Navy, M. on need (1788), =1=, 419;
French War, =2=, 427;
M.'s support (1800), 531;
reduction, =3=, 458 _n._;
in War of 1812, =4=, 56;
immunity in foreign ports, 122-25.
Naylor, William, on Virginia County Courts, =4=, 487.
Necessary and proper powers. _See_ Implied powers.
Negro seamen law of South Carolina, Johnson's opinion, =4=, 382, 383.
Nelson, William, Jr., decision in Hunter _vs._ Fairfax, =4=, 148 _n._
Nereid case, neutral goods in enemy ship, =4=, 135-42.
Netherlands, M. on political conditions (1797), =2=, 223-26.
Neufchatel, François de, election to Directory, =2=, 243.
Neutral trade, British seizures in 1793-94, =2=, 107;
question of war over, 108-12;
French depredations, 223, 224, 229, 257, 270, 271, 277, 283, 284,
403, 496;
French rôle d'équipage, 294 _n._;
free ships, free goods, 303-05;
Spanish depredations, 496;
British depredations after Jay Treaty, 506;
Tench Coxe on them, 506 _n._;
M.'s protest on contraband, 509-11;
on paper blockade, 511;
on unfair judicial proceedings, 511, 512;
on impressment, 513;
moderation of French depredations, 523;
and new French treaty, 524 _n._;
renewal of British and French violations, =4=, 6-8, 122;
Non-Importation Act (1806), 9;
partisan attitude, 9-11;
Embargo, 11;
its effect, opposition, 12-16;
M.'s opinion, 14;
non-intercourse, 22;
Erskine incident, 22;
Jackson incident, 23-26;
Napoleon's pretended revocation of decrees, 26, 36-39, 48-50;
M.'s interpretation of Jefferson's acts, 118, 125;
_Nereid_ case, neutral property in enemy ship, 135-42.
_See also_ Jay Treaty; Neutrality.
Neutrality, as Washington's great conception, =2=, 92;
proclamation, 93;
unpopularity, 93;
opposition of Jefferson and Republicans, 94, 95;
mercantile support, 94 _n._, 96;
constitutionality of proclamation, 95;
M.'s support, 97-99, 298-301, 387, 388, 402, 403, 507-09;
M.'s military enforcement, 103-06;
as issue in Virginia, 106;
J. Q. Adams on necessity, 119 _n._;
Federal common-law trials for violating, =3=, 24-29;
M.'s biography of Washington on policy, 264.
_See also_ Isolation; Neutral trade.
New England, hardships of travel, =1=, 256;
type of pioneers (c. 1790), 276;
and excise on distilleries, =2=, 86 _n._;
and secession, =3=, 97;
escapes crisis of 1819, =4=, 170.
_See also_ States by name.
New England Mississippi Company, Yazoo claims, =3=, 576-83, 595-602.
_See also_ Fletcher _vs._ Peck.
New Hampshire, Ratification contest, =1=, 354, 355, 478;
and disestablishment, =4=, 227, 230 _n._;
denounces congressional salary advance (1816), 231 _n._;
Judiciary controversy, 229, 230;
steamboat monopoly, 415;
branch bank controversy, 529;
and Nullification, 559.
_See also_ Dartmouth College _vs._ Woodward.
New Jersey, hardships of travel, =1=, 259;
and State tariff laws, 311;
Ratification, 325;
and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 403, 404.
_See also_ next title.
New Jersey _vs._ Wilson, exemption of land from taxation and
obligation of contracts, =4=, 221-23.
New Orleans, reception of Burr, =3=, 294, 295;
Wilkinson's reign of terror, 330-37;
battle, =4=, 56;
first steamboat, 403 _n._
New York, hardships of travel, =1=, 257;
Jefferson on social characteristics, 279;
and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 105 _n._, 106;
bank investigation (1818), =4=, 184;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden; Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
New York City, Jacobin enthusiasm, =2=, 35.
_See also_ New York _vs._ Miln.
_New York Evening Post_, on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 270;
on Adams's report on Burr Conspiracy, 544;
on Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, =4=, 445;
hostile criticism on M., 591.
New York _vs._ Miln, facts, State regulation of immigration, =4=, 583;
division of Supreme Court on, 583, 584;
decision, proper police regulation, 584 _n._;
Story voices M.'s dissent, 584 _n._
Newspapers, character at period of Confederation, =1=, 267-70;
virulence, =2=, 529, =4=, 175 _n._;
development of influence, =3=, 10;
and first Bank of the United States, =4=, 175.
_See also_ Press.
Nicholas, George, in the Legislature, =1=, 203;
citizen bill, 208;
and chancery bill (1787), 219;
and calling of Ratification Convention, 245;
on popular ignorance of draft Constitution, 320;
in Ratification Convention: characterized, 374;
in debate, 395, 421, 432, 440, 465, 471, 472;
assault on Henry, 466;
in contest over recommendatory amendments, 472.
Nicholas, John, deserts Congress (1798), =2=, 340 _n._;
on the crisis (1799), 434;
in Jonathan Robins case, 475;
and reduction of army, 476;
and Judiciary Bill, 551.
Nicholas, Wilson C., and M., =2=, 100;
sells land to Morris, 202 _n._;
and Kentucky Resolutions, 398, 398 _n._;
and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 167;
and Burr conspiracy, 381;
and grand jury on Burr, 410-12, 422.
Nicholson, Joseph H., in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 89;
on bill on sessions of Supreme Court, 95;
and Chase impeachment, 170;
argument in Chase trial, 207-10;
and acquittal of Chase, 221;
releases Alexander, 343;
on Jefferson's popularity, 404.
Nickname, M.'s, =1=, 74, 132.
Nightingale, John C., and Yazoo lands, =3=, 566 _n._
Niles, Hezekiah, on banking chaos after War of 1812, =4=, 181 _n._,
182, 183, 186 _n._, 192, 194, 196;
on bankruptcy frauds, 201;
on Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, 218;
and Dartmouth College case, 276 _n._;
value of his _Register_, 309;
attack on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland opinion, 309-12;
on Elkison case, 383, 384 _n._;
and Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 445;
on Virginia and Nullification, 568, 572;
tribute to M., 590.
Niles, Nathaniel, and Burr, =3=, 68 _n._;
and Dartmouth College troubles, =4=, 227;
Jefferson on, 227.
_Niles' Register_, value, =4=, 309.
_See also_ Niles, Hezekiah.
Nimmo, James, Cohens _vs._ Virginia, =4=, 345.
Nobility, fear from Order of the Cincinnati, =1=, 292.
_See also_ Government.
Non-Importation Act (1806), =4=, 9;
M. and constitutionality, 118.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Non-intercourse, act of 1809, =4=, 22;
Erskine incident, 22;
M. and constitutionality, 118;
South Carolina's proposed, with tariff States, 459, 538.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Norbonne, Philip, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Norfolk, Va., Dunmore's burning, =1=, 78;
tribute to M., =4=, 592.
North Carolina, hardships of travel, =1=, 263;
and State tariff acts, 311;
Granville heirs case, =4=, 154, 155;
tax on Bank of the United States, 207.
North River Steamboat Co. _vs._ Livingston, =4=, 448-51.
Norton, George F., and British debts, =1=, 226.
Norton, J. K. N., M.'s books possessed by, =1=, 186 _n._;
acknowledgment to, =4=, 528 _n._
Nullification, first hints, =4=, 384;
M.'s rebukes, 389, 459, 513;
movement, 555;
M. on movement, 556, 557;
Madison on, 556;
Jackson's Union toast, 557;
and warning, 558;
M. on doctrine and progress, 558, 559, 562;
and Tariff of 1832, 559, 560;
Convention and Ordinance, 560, 561;
popular excitement, 561;
Jackson's Proclamation, its debt to M.'s opinions, 562, 563;
M. on it, 563;
South Carolina and the proclamation, Jackson's inconsistencies,
564, 565;
military preparations, 566;
Jackson's recommendation of reduction of tariff, 567;
Virginia and mediation, M. on it, 567-73;
M. on Webster's speech against, 572;
suspension of ordinance, 573;
compromise Tariff, 574;
M. on virtual victory for, 574, 575;
M.'s resulting despondency on state of the country, 575-78.
_See also_ State Rights.
Oak Hill, acquired by M.'s father, =1=, 55;
as home for M.'s son, =4=, 74.
Oakley, Thomas J., counsel in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, =4=, 423, 424, 427.
_Obiter dicta_, M.'s use, =4=, 121, 369.
Obligation of contracts. _See_ Contracts.
Occom, Samson, visit to England, =4=, 223.
Office. _See_ Civil service.
Ogden, Aaron, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 409-411.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Ogden, David B., counsel in Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, =4=, 209;
practitioner before M., 237 _n._;
fees, 345 _n._;
counsel in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 346, 376.
Ogden, George M. _See_ Ogden _vs._ Saunders.
Ogden, Peter V., and Burr conspiracy, arrested, =3=, 333, 334.
Ogden, Samuel G., trial, =3=, 436 _n._
Ogden _vs._ Saunders, obligation of future contracts not impaired by
insolvency laws, =4=, 480;
M.'s dissent, 481.
Ohio, cession of Western Reserve, =2=, 446;
tax on Bank of the United States, =4=, 207, 328;
legislative denunciation of M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 330-33;
and New York steamboat monopoly, 415 _n._
_See also_ Osborn _vs._ Bank.
Ohio River, Burr and plan for canal, =3=, 291 _n._;
first steamboat, =4=, 403 _n._;
development of steam transportation, 416.
Old Field Schools, =1=, 24.
Olmstead case, State defiance of Federal mandate, =4=, 18-21.
Opinions, M.'s rule on delivering, =3=, 16.
Orange County, Va., minute men, =1=, 69.
Oratory, court, and woman auditors, =4=, 133, 134.
Orders in Council on neutral trade, =4=, 6, 7.
_See also_ Neutral trade.
Orr, Thomas, Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 329, 330.
Orr _vs._ Hodgson, =4=, 165 _n._
Osborn, Ralph. _See_ Osborn _vs._ Bank.
Osborn _vs._ Bank of the United States, facts, =4=, 327-30;
compromise proposed by Ohio, 332;
defiance of Ohio, 333;
argument, 385;
M.'s opinion, 385-94;
original jurisdiction of National Courts, 385-87;
and Eleventh Amendment, protection of Federal agents from State
agents, 387-91;
tax on business of bank void, 391, 392;
courts and execution of law, 392;
general satisfaction of parties on the record, 393;
Johnson's opinion, 394;
resulting attack on Supreme Court, 394-96;
Jackson denies authority, 530-32.
Osmun, Benijah, and Burr, =3=, 365, 366.
Oswald, Eleazer, and _Centinel_ letters, =1=, 335 _n._, 338;
and Ratification in Virginia, 402, 434, 435.
Otis, Harrison Gray, and slavery (1800), =2=, 449;
on Washington streets (1815), =3=, 4;
on traveling conditions, 5 _n._;
on speculation, 557 _n._;
and Story, =4=, 98;
and bankruptcy laws, 201.
Otsego, N.Y., conditions of travel (1790), =1=, 257.
Paine, Robert Treat, on X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 356.
Paine, Thomas, on militia, =1=, 84;
relief bill, 213;
on government as an evil, 288;
popularity of _Common Sense_, 288 _n._;
on American and French revolutions, =2=, 2 _n._;
and key of the Bastille, 10;
_Rights of Man_, influence in United States, 12-14;
Jefferson's approbation, 14, 15, 16 _n._;
J. Q. Adams's reply, 15-19;
disapproves of excesses, 25 _n._, 27;
on the King and early revolution, 31 _n._;
on Republican Party and France, 223;
and X. Y. Z. Mission, 254.
Palmer, William P., anecdote on M., =4=, 63 _n._
Paper money, depreciation and confusion during Revolution and
Confederation, =1=, 167, 168, 295-97;
counterfeiting, 297, =4=, 195;
post-bellum demand, =1=, 297, 299;
Continental, in debate on Ratification, 429, 440, 441;
and impairment of obligation of contracts, =3=, 557, 558 _n._,
=4=, 214;
flood and character of State bank bills, 176-79, 181, 184, 187, 192;
popular demand for more, 186, 199;
local issues, 187;
depreciation, 192;
endless chain of redemption with other paper, 193;
reforms by second Bank of the United States, 197-99.
_See also_ Briscoe _vs._ Bank; Craig _vs._ Missouri money.
Paris, in 1797, =2=, 247.
Parker, Richard E., verdict in Burr trial, =3=, 514.
Parsons, Theophilus, Ratification amendments, =1=, 348.
Parton, James,
on Administration's knowledge of Burr's plans, =3=, 318 _n._;
on Jefferson and trial of Burr, 390 _n._;
biography of Burr, 538 _n._
Partridge, George, accident, =3=, 55 _n._
"Party," as term of political reproach, =2=, 410 _n._
Paterson, William, and Chief Justiceship, =2=, 553;
charge to grand jury, =3=, 30 _n._;
sedition trials, 31, 32;
and declaring acts void, 117, 611, 612;
and Judiciary Act of, 1789, 128;
Ogden-Smith trial, 436 _n._
Paulding, James K., on M., =4=, 77.
Pawles Hook, Lee's surprise, =1=, 142.
Peace of 1783, and land titles, =4=, 147, 148, 153.
_See also_ British debts; Frontier posts; Slaves.
Pearsall _vs._ Great Northern Railway, =4=, 279 _n._
Peck, Jedediah, trial, =3=, 42 _n._
Peck, John. _See_ Fletcher _vs._ Peck.
Peele, W. J., on M., =4=, 66 _n._
Pegram, Edward, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Pendleton, Edmund, as judge, =1=, 173;
on M.'s election to Council of State, 209;
candidacy for Ratification Convention, 359;
in the Convention: President, 368;
and impeachment of authority of Framers, 373;
characterized, 385;
on failure of Confederation, 386;
in debate, 427, 428, 445;
on Judiciary, 445.
Pendleton, Nathaniel, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 549, 555.
Pennsylvania, during the Revolution, =1=, 85;
hardships of travel, 258, 259;
Jefferson on social characteristics, 279;
tariff, 310 _n._, 311 _n._;
calling of Ratification Convention, 326;
election of delegates, 327-29;
precipitancy in Ratification Convention, 329-32;
address of minority, 333, 334, 342;
continued opposition after Ratification, 334-38;
and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 105 _n._;
Olmstead case, =4=, 18-21;
legislative censure of M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 333.
Pennsylvania, University of, honorary degree to M., =4=, 89.
People, character of masses under Confederation, =1=, 253, 254;
community isolation, 264, =4=, 191;
responsible for failure of Confederation, =1=, 307;
basis of Federal Government, =4=, 292, 352.
_See also_ Democracy; Government; Nationalism.
Perkins, Cyrus, and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 260 _n._
Perkins, Nicholas, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 367-69, 372.
Peters, Richard [1], and common-law jurisdiction, =3=, 25, 28 _n._;
sedition trial, 33;
impeachment contemplated, 172 _n._;
on United States and Napoleonic War, =4=, 6 _n._;
Olmstead case, 18-21;
death, 238 _n._
Peters, Richard [2], escort for M.'s body, =4=, 588.
Phi Beta Kappa, M. as member, =1=, 158;
Jacobin opposition, =2=, 37.
Philadelphia, march of Continental army through (1777), =1=, 92;
capture by British, 98-102;
during British occupation, 108-10;
Jacobin enthusiasm, =2=, 31;
luxury, 85 _n._;
and M.'s return from X. Y. Z. Mission, 344-51;
tributes to M. as Chief Justice, =4=, 521, 588.
Philadelphia _Aurora_. _See_ _Aurora_.
Philadelphia _Federal Gazette_, on Publicola papers, =2=, 19.
Philadelphia _Gazette of the United States_. _See_ _Gazette_.
Philadelphia _General Advertiser_, on French Revolution, =2=, 28 _n._;
on Neutrality Proclamation, 94 _n._
Philadelphia _Independent Gazette_, and Ratification, =1=, 328.
_Sec also_ Oswald.
Philadelphia _National Gazette_. _See_ _National Gazette_.
Philips, Josiah, attainder case, =1=, 393, 398, 411.
Phillips, Isaac N., on treason, =3=, 403 _n._
Physick, Philip S., operates on M., =4=, 520;
and M.'s final illness, 587.
Pichegru, Charles, and 18th Fructidor, =2=, 240, 241, 245 _n._
Pickering, John, impeachment, =3=, 111, 143, 164-68;
witnesses against, rewarded, 181.
Pickering, Timothy, on hardships of travel, =1=, 257 _n._;
on Jefferson and Madison, =2=, 79;
and Gerry at Paris, 366, 369;
on M.'s views on Alien and Sedition Acts, 394;
on M.'s election (1799), 417;
on M. in Jonathan Robins case, 471;
dismissed by Adams, 486, 487;
_Aurora's_ attack, 489 _n._, 491 _n._;
on M. as his successor, 492;
on M. and Jefferson-Burr contest, 539;
and secession, =3=, 98, 151, 281, 289, =4=, 13 _n._, 30, 49;
on Giles, =3=, 159 _n._;
on impeachment programme, 160;
on Pickering impeachment, 168 _n._;
on Chase impeachment, 173;
at trial of Chase, 183 _n._;
on M.'s biography of Washington, 233;
on Adams's Burr Conspiracy report, 543 _n._;
as British partisan, =4=, 2 _n._;
on Embargo, 13, 14;
and M., 27, 473;
on election of 1812, 47;
and Story, 98;
and Story and Dartmouth College case, 257 _n._;
on Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1820), 471;
on slavery, 473.
Pickett, George, bank stock, =2=, 200.
Pinckney, Charles, on campaign virulence (1800), =2=, 530;
reward for election services, =3=, 81 _n._;
in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void, 116 _n._
Pinckney, Charles C.,
appointment to French mission, =2=, 145, 146, 223;
not received, 224;
at The Hague, 231;
accused of assisting Royalist conspiracy, 246 _n._;
and "millions for defense" slogan, 348;
toast to, 349 _n._;
candidacy (1800), 438;
Hamiltonian intrigue for, 517, 528 _n._, 529 _n._;
and Chief Justiceship, 553.
_See also_ Elections (1800); X. Y. Z. Mission.
Pinckney, Thomas, on Gerry, =2=, 364.
Pindall, James, on Bank of the United States, =4=, 289.
Pinkney, William, Canning's letter, =4=, 23;
as practitioner before M., 95;
counsel in _Nereid_ case, 131, 140;
character, 131-33;
influence of woman auditors on oratory, 133, 134, 140 _n._;
Conkling's resemblance, 133 _n._;
M. on, 141, 287;
Story on _Nereid_ argument, 142 _n._;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, 259-61, 274;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 284;
argument, 287;
fees, 345 _n._;
argument in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 346;
counsel in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 413;
death, 423.
Pinto, Manuel, _Nereid_ case, =4=, 135.
Piracy, M. on basis, =2=, 467.
Pitt, William, and Burr, =3=, 289.
Pittsburgh, first steamboat, =4=, 403 _n._
Platt, Jonas, opinion in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, =4=, 412.
Pleasants, James, grand juror on Burr, =2=, 413 _n._
Plumer, William, on Washington (1805), =3=, 6;
on drinking there, 9;
on Jefferson and popularity, 19 _n._;
on Bayard, 79 _n._;
on Randolph, 83 _n._;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, 93;
on Louisiana Purchase, 148 _n._, 150;
on Giles, 159 _n._;
on impeachment plan, 160;
on Pickering impeachment, 167 _n._, 168 _n._;
on Chase impeachment and trial, 171 _n._, 173, 179 _n._, 181 _n._,
192 _n._, 205 _n._, 217 _n._, 220;
on Burr, 180, 182 _n._, 183 _n._, 219 _n._, 274 _n._, 279 _n._, 470;
on M. as witness, 196;
on not celebrating Washington's birthday, 210 _n._;
joins Republican Party, 222 _n._;
on M.'s biography of Washington, 269;
on Swartwout, 321 _n._, 333 _n._;
on Burr conspiracy, 338 _n._, 341;
on arrest of Bollmann, 343 _n._;
on Jefferson's personal rancor, 384 _n._;
on trial of Burr, 526;
on Adams's Burr conspiracy report, 543 _n._;
on Embargo and secession threats, =4=, 24 _n._;
on Federalists as aristocracy, 55;
Governor of New Hampshire, and Dartmouth College affairs, 230, 232.
Pocket veto, Randolph on, as impeachable offense, =3=, 213.
Poetry, M. and, =1=, 41, =4=, 79, 80.
Police power, as offset to obligation of contracts, =4=, 279;
and commerce clause, 436, 437, 457, 459.
_See also_ New York _vs._ Miln.
Politics,
machine in Virginia, =1=, 210, 217 _n._, =2=, 56 _n._, =4=, 146,
147, 485-88;
share in Ratification in Virginia, =1=, 252, 356, 357, 381, 402;
Federal Constitution and parties, =2=, 75;
abuse, 396;
influence of newspapers, =3=, 10;
period of National egotism, 13;
effect of Republican rule, 15 _n._;
Randolph on government by, 464 _n._
_See also_ Elections, Federalist Party; Republican Party.
Poole, Simeon, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 490.
Poor whites of colonial Virginia, =1=, 27.
Pope, John, M. and his poems, =1=, 44, 45.
Pope, John, of Smith committee, =3=, 541 _n._
Popularity, Jefferson's desire, =3=, 19 _n._
Population, density (c. 1787), =1=, 264;
character of Washington, =3=, 8.
Portraits of M., =4=, 85 _n._, 522 _n._
Posey, Thomas, and Ratification, =1=, 392 _n._
Potomac River, company for improvement, =1=, 217, 218.
Potter, Henry, Granville heirs case, =4=, 154.
Powell, Levin, slandered, =1=, 290 _n._;
on House's reply to Adams's address (1799), =2=, 434;
on M. in Jonathan Robins case, 475 _n._
Practice and evidence, M.'s opinion on, =3=, 18.
Precedents, M.'s neglect of legal, =2=, 179, =4=, 409.
Preparedness, M. on need, =1=, 414, 415, 437, =2=, 403, 476-80, 531;
ridiculed, =1=, 425;
utter lack (1794), =2=, 109.
_See also_ Army.
Prescott, William, on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 275 _n._
President, Ratification debate on office and powers, =1=, 390, 442;
question of title, =2=, 36;
M. on, as sole organ of external relations, 470.
_See also_ Elections; Subpoena; and Presidents by name.
Press, freedom of, Franklin on license, =1=, 268-70;
M. on liberty and excess, =2=, 329-31;
Martin on license, =3=, 204, 205.
_See also_ Alien and Sedition Acts; Newspapers.
Prices, at Richmond (c. 1783), =1=, 177-81;
board in Washington (1801), =3=, 7.
Priest, William, on speculation, =3=, 557.
Princeton University, honorary degree to M., =4=, 89.
Prisoners of war, treatment, =1=, 115.
Privateering, Genêt's commissions, =2=, 28;
_Unicorn_ incident in Virginia, 103-06.
Prize law, Amelia case, =3=, 16, 17.
_See also_ Admiralty; International law.
Property, demand for equal division, =1=, 294, 298;
M.'s conservatism on rights, =4=, 479, 503.
Prosperity, degree, at period of Confederation, =1=, 273, 274, 306.
Public debt, problem under Confederation, =1=, 233-35;
unpopularity, 254;
spirit of repudiation, 295, 298, 299;
resources under Confederation, 306;
in Ratification debate, 396, 416, 425, 440;
funding and assumption of State debts, =2=, 59-64;
financial and political effects of funding, 64-68, 82, 85, 127.
_See also_ Debts; Finances; Paper money.
Public lands, Jefferson on public virtue and, =1=, 316;
State claims, =3=, 553;
Foot resolution, =4=, 553 _n._
_See also_ Yazoo; Land.
Publicists, lawyers as, =4=, 135.
Publicola papers, =2=, 15-18;
replies, 18, 19.
Punch, recipe, =4=, 77.
Punishments, cruel, =3=, 13 _n._
Putnam, ----, arrest in France, =2=, 283.
_Quarterly Review_, on insolvency frauds, =4=, 203 _n._
Quincy, Josiah, on Jefferson and popularity, =3=, 19 _n._;
on resolution against Minister Jackson, =4=, 24;
on admission of Louisiana and secession, =4=, 27;
and Localism, 28.
Quoit (Barbecue) Club, M. as member, =2=, 182-85, =4=, 76-78;
memorial to M., 592.
Railroads, influence of Dartmouth College case and Gibbons _vs._ Ogden
on development, =4=, 276, 277, 446.
Raleigh, M. on circuit at, =3=, 101, 102, =4=, 65, 66.
Rambouillet Decree, =4=, 122.
Ramsay, David, biography of Washington, =3=, 225 _n._
Ramsay, Dennis, Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 110.
Randall, Benjamin, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 340.
Randall, Henry S., on M. as Secretary of State, =2=, 494;
on M., =4=, 154.
Randolph, David M., as witness in Chase trial, =3=, 191, 192.
Randolph, Edmund, ancestry, =1=, 10;
as lawyer, 173;
transfers practice to M., 190;
Hite _vs._ Fairfax, 191, 192;
in the Legislature, 203;
importance of attitude on Ratification, 360-63, 378-82;
secret intention to support it, 363;
in the Convention: characterized, 376;
disclosure of support of Ratification, 376-79;
suppresses Clinton's letter, 379-81, 477;
effect on reputation, 382;
ascription of motives, in Washington's Cabinet, 382 _n._;
in Convention debate, 392, 393, 397, 406, 461, 470;
and Philips case, 393 _n._;
personal explanations, 393 _n._, 476;
Henry on change of front, 398;
answers Henry's taunt, 406;
Mason's denunciation, 423;
on Fairfax grants, 458 _n._;
on opposition after Ratification, =2=, 46 _n._;
and first amendments, 59;
Fauchet incident, resignation from Cabinet, 146, 147;
on Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, 151, 152;
as orator, 195;
on weakness of Supreme Court, =3=, 121 _n._;
counsel for Burr, 407;
on motion to commit Burr for treason, 417;
on subpoena to Jefferson, 440, 441;
on overt act, 494.
Randolph, George, ancestry, =1=, 10.
Randolph, Isham, =1=, 10.
Randolph, Jacob, operates on M., =4=, 522.
Randolph, Jane, =1=, 10, 11.
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, ancestry, =1=, 10;
insult by army officers, =2=, 446;
debate with M. on Marine Corps, 447, 448;
in Jonathan Robins case, 474;
appearance, =3=, 83;
as House leader, 83 _n._;
in Judiciary debate (1802), 84-87;
manager of Chase impeachment, 171;
and articles of impeachment, 172;
break with Jefferson over Yazoo frauds, 174;
opening speech at Chase trial, 187-89;
references to M., political significance, 187, 188, 214-16;
examination of M. at trial, 194;
conferences with Giles, 197;
argument, 212-16;
and acquittal, 220;
duelist, 278 _n._;
and Burr conspiracy, 339;
and Eaton's claim, 345 _n._;
on Wilkinson's conduct, 359, 464;
on Burr as military captive, 369;
and removal of judges on address, 389 _n._;
grand juror on Burr, 413;
on government by politics, 464 _n._;
and _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, 476;
and Yazoo frauds, 566, 575, 577-79, 581, 595, 596, 600;
on Localism, =4=, 191;
on dangers in M.'s Nationalist opinions, 309, 420;
in debate on Supreme Court (1824), 395;
on internal improvements and Nationalism, 419-21;
absorption in politics, 461;
Clay duel, 463 _n._;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
on M. in convention, 489 _n._
Randolph, Mary (Isham), descendants, =1=, 10.
Randolph, Mary Isham, =1=, 10.
Randolph, Peyton, and Henry's Stamp-Act Resolutions, =1=, 64.
Randolph, Richard, of Curels, estate, =1=, 20 _n._
Randolph, Susan, on Jefferson and Rebecca Burwell, =1=, 150 _n._
Randolph, Thomas, =1=, 10.
Randolph, Thomas M., on Jay Treaty resolutions in Virginia
Legislature, =2=, 134, 135, 137.
Randolph, William, descendants, =1=, 10.
Randolph, William, and Peter Jefferson, =1=, 12 _n._
Randolph family, origin and characteristics, =1=, 10, 11.
Rappahannock County, Va., loyal celebration, =1=, 23 _n._
Ratification, opposition in Virginia, =1=, 242;
contest over call of Virginia Convention, previous amendment
question, 245-48;
effort for second framing convention, 248, 317, 355, 362, 379-81;
practical politics in, 252, 356, 357, 381, 402;
economic division, 312;
division in Virginia, 317;
importance of Virginia's action, 318, 358, 359;
gathering of Virginia delegates, 319;
popular ignorance of draft Constitution, 320, 345, 354;
popular idea of consolidated government, 320;
popular majority against, 321, 322, 356, 391, 469, =4=, 554 _n._;
Virginia Convention as first real debate, =1=, 322, 323, 329, 355;
influence of revolutionary action of Framers, 323-25, 373, 425;
unimportance of action of four early States, 325;
calling of Pennsylvania Convention, 326;
election there, 327-29;
Pennsylvania Convention, precipitancy, 329-32;
address of Pennsylvania minority, 333, 334, 342;
post-convention opposition in Pennsylvania, 334-38;
policy of Constitutionalists in Massachusetts, 339;
character of opposition there, 339, 340, 344-47;
election there, 340;
general distrust as basis of opposition, 340, 347, 356, 371, 372,
422, 428, 429 _n._, 439 _n._, 467;
condensed argument for, 343;
and Shays's Rebellion, 343;
strength and standpoint of Massachusetts opposition, 344;
influence of Hancock, 347;
Massachusetts recommendatory amendments and ratification, 348, 349;
soothing the opposition there, 350-53;
question of bribery in Massachusetts, 353 _n._, 354 _n._;
contest in New Hampshire, adjournment, 354, 355;
character of Virginia Convention, 356, 367;
effect of previous, on Virginia, 356, 399;
election of delegates in Virginia, 359-67;
importance and uncertainty of Randolph's attitude, 360-64, 378-82;
M.'s candidacy, 364;
campaign for opposition delegates, 365-67;
opposition of leaders in State politics, 366 _n._;
maneuvers of Constitutionalists, 367, 374, 384, 385, 392;
officers, 368, 432;
tactical mistakes of opposition, 368, 383;
detailed debate as a Constitutionalist victory, 369-72, 432;
characterizations, 369, 373-76, 385, 387, 394, 396, 408, 420, 423,
465, 473;
attempts at delay, 372, 434, 461, 462;
authority of Framers, 373, 375;
Nicholas's opening for Constitutionalists, 374;
Henry's opening for opposition, 375;
disclosure of Randolph's support, 376-79;
organization of Anti-Constitutionalists, 379, 434;
Clinton's letter for a second Federal Convention, Randolph's
suppression of it, 379, 477, =2=, 49 _n._;
Mason's speeches, =1=, 382, 383, 421-23, 438, 439, 446-48, 467;
untactful offer on "conciliation," 383;
prospects, ascendancy of opposition, 384, 433-35, 442;
influences on Kentucky delegates, navigation of Mississippi River,
384, 403, 411, 420, 430-32, 434, 443;
Pendleton's speeches, 385-87, 427, 428;
Lee's speeches, 387, 406, 423, 467;
Henry's speeches, 388-92, 397-400, 403-06, 428, 433, 435, 440, 441,
449, 464, 469-71;
Federal Government as alien, 389, 399, 428, 439 _n._;
Randolph's later speeches, 392, 393, 397, 406;
Madison's speeches, 394, 395, 397, 421, 428, 430, 440, 442, 449;
Nicholas's later speeches, 395, 421, 432;
Corbin's speech, 396;
political managers from other States, 401, 402, 435;
question of use of money in Virginia, 402 _n._;
demand for previous amendment, 405, 412, 418, 423, 428;
Monroe's speech, 407, 408;
inattention to debate, 408;
M.'s social influence, 409;
M.'s speeches, 409-20, 436-38, 450-61;
Harrison's speech, 421;
Grayson's speech, 424-27;
slight attention to economic questions, 429 _n._, 441 _n._;
and Bill of Rights, 439;
slavery question, 440;
payment of public debt, 440;
British debts, 441;
executive powers, 442;
Judiciary debate, 449-61, 464;
Anti-Constitutionalists and appeal to Legislature, 462, 463, 468;
assault on Henry's land speculations, 465-67;
threats of forcible resistance, 467, 478;
contest over recommendatory amendments, 475;
vote, 475;
Washington's influence, 476;
other personal influences, 476 _n._;
and fear of Indians, 476;
character of Virginia amendments, 477;
influence of success in New Hampshire, 478;
Jefferson's stand on amendments, 478;
influence on M., 479;
as a preliminary contest, 479, =2=, 45, 46;
attempt of Virginia Legislature to undo, 48-51;
Virginia reservations, =4=, 324 _n._
Rattlesnakes, as medicine, =1=, 172.
Ravara, Joseph, trial, =3=, 24.
Rawle, William, escort for M.'s body, =4=, 588.
Read, George, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
_Rebecca Henry_ incident, =2=, 496.
Reed, George, as witness in Chase trial, =3=, 189 _n._
Reeves, John, and Burr, =3=, 537 _n._
Reeves, Tapping, on Louisiana Purchase, =3=, 150.
Reid, Robert R., on Missouri question, =4=, 341.
Religion, state in Virginia (1783), =1=, 220, 221;
conditions in Washington, =3=, 6;
revival, 7 _n._;
M.'s attitude, =4=, 69-71;
frontier, 189 _n._;
troubles and disestablishment in New Hampshire, 226, 227.
_See also_ next titles.
Religious freedom, controversy in Virginia, =1=, 221, 222.
Religious tests, debate during Ratification, =1=, 346.
Representation, basis in Virginia, =1=, 217 _n._;
debate on slave, in Virginia Constitutional Convention (1830),
=4=, 501-07.
Republican Party,
Jefferson's development, =2=, 46, 74-76, 81-83, 91, 96;
as defender of the Constitution, 88 _n._;
assaults on Neutrality Proclamation, 95;
economic basis, 125 _n._;
and French Revolution, 131 _n._, 223;
and X. Y. Z. dispatches, 336-42, 355, 358-63;
M. on motives in attack on Alien and Sedition Acts, 394, 407;
issues in 1798, 410;
and name "Democratic," 439 _n._, =3=, 234 _n._;
Federalist forebodings (1801), 11-15;
social effects of rule, 15 _n._;
plans against Judiciary, cause, 19-22, 48;
union of democracy and State Rights, 48;
Chase's denunciations, 169, 170, 206;
and M.'s biography of Washington, 228-30;
treatment in biography, 256, 259-61;
Justices as apostates, 317, 358, 359, 444.
_See also_ Congress; Elections; Jefferson, Thomas; State Rights.
Republicans, name for Anti-Constitutionalists (1788), =1=, 379.
Repudiation, spirit, =1=, 294, 295, 298, 299.
_See also_ Debts.
Requisitions, failure, =1=, 232, 304, 305, 413;
proposed new basis of apportionment, 234, 235.
Rhoad, John, Juror, =3=, 35.
Rhode Island, declaration of independence, =3=, 118 _n._
Richardson, William M., votes for war, =4=, 29 _n._;
opinion in Dartmouth College case, 234-36.
Richmond, Va., social and economic life (1780-86), =1=, 176-90;
in 1780, 165, 171-73;
hospitality, 183;
M. City Recorder, 188;
fire (1787), 190, =2=, 172;
meeting on Jay Treaty, 149-55;
growth, 172;
Quoit Club, 182-85, =4=, 76-78, 592;
reception of M. on return from France, =2=, 352-54;
M.'s reply to address, 571-73;
later social life, =3=, 394;
Vigilance Committee, =4=, 41 _n._;
M.'s lawyer dinners, 78, 79;
city currency, 187;
and Jackson's veto of River and Harbor Bill (1832), 534;
M.'s funeral, 588;
tributes to him, 589.
_Richmond Enquirer_, on M. and Burr at Wickham's dinner, =3=, 396;
and subpoena to Jefferson, 450;
attack on M. during Burr trial, 532-35;
on Yazoo claims, 581;
attack on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 312-17, 323;
tribute to M., 589.
_See also_ Ritchie, Thomas.
_Richmond Examiner_, attacks on M. (1801), =2=, 542, 543 _n._
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, punch, =4=, 78 _n._
Richmond Society for Promotion of Agriculture, M.'s interest, =4=, 63.
_Richmond Whig and Advertiser_, on M. and election of 1828, =4=, 463;
tribute to M., 589.
Ritchie, Thomas, Council of State as his machine, =1=, 210;
and trial of Burr, =3=, 450;
on Federalists as traitors, =4=, 10 _n._;
control over Virginia politics, 146;
and first Bank of the United States, 174;
attack on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 309;
and Taylor's attack on M.'s opinions, 335, 339;
attack on Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 358.
_See also_ _Richmond Enquirer_.
Rittenhouse, David, Olmstead case, =4=, 19.
River and Harbor Bill, Jackson's pocket veto, =4=, 534.
River navigation, steamboat and internal improvements, =4=, 415-17.
Roads. _See_ Communication.
Roane, Spencer, as judge, =1=, 173;
Council of State as his machine, 210;
Anti-Constitutionalist attack on Randolph (1787), 361 _n._;
accuses M. of hypocrisy, =2=, 140;
and Chief Justiceship, =3=, 20, 113, 178;
and Nationalism, 114;
M.'s enemy, =4=, 78;
and M.'s integrity, 90 _n._;
and Livingston _vs._ Jefferson, 111;
control of Virginia politics, 146;
decision in Hunter _vs._ Fairfax's Devises, 148, 152;
denies right of Supreme Court to hear case, 157, 160;
and first Bank of the United States, 174;
attack on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 309, 313-17, 323;
inconsistent purchase of Bank stock, 317;
tribute to M., 313;
M.'s reply to attack, 318-23;
attack on Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 358, 359;
M. on it, 359, 360;
and amendment on Judiciary, 371, 378.
Robertson, David, report of Virginia Ratification debates, =1=, 368;
stenographer and linguist, =3=, 408.
Robin, M.'s servant, =4=, 525 _n._
Robins, Jonathan. _See_ Jonathan Robins case.
Robinson, John, loan-office bill and defalcations, =1=, 60.
Rodney, Cæsar A., and Marbury _vs._ Madison, =3=, 154 _n._;
argument in Chase trial, 210-12;
and holding of Swartwout and Bollmann, 345, 349 _n._;
and trial of Burr, 390.
Rodney, Thomas, and Burr, =3=, 365.
Rôle d'équipage,
and French depredations on neutral trade, =2=, 294 _n._
Ronald, William, as lawyer, =1=, 173;
in Virginia Ratification Convention, 472;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 188.
Roosevelt, Nicholas J., and steamboat experiments, =4=, 400;
and steamboat navigation of the Mississippi, 402, 402 _n._, 403 _n._
Roosevelt, Theodore, on British naval power, =4=, 7 _n._;
on impressment, 8 _n._
Ross, James, and Disputed Elections Bill, =2=, 453.
Rowan, John, on Green _vs._ Biddle, =4=, 381;
on Supreme Court, 453.
Rush, Benjamin, Conway Cabal, =1=, 121-23.
Rutgers _vs._ Waddington, =3=, 612.
Rutledge, Edward, on spirit of repudiation, =1=, 307.
Rutledge, John [1], and Supreme Court, =3=, 121 _n._;
in Federal Convention, on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
Rutledge, John [2], and slavery, =2=, 449:
on Judiciary Bill (1801), 550;
on French treaty, 525 _n._;
in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 87-89;
as British partisan, =4=, 5.
S. (? Samuel Nason), and Ratification, =1=, 342.
St. Cloud Decree, =4=, 36-39, 48-50.
St. Tammany's feast at Richmond, =1=, 189.
Salaries, Federal (1800), =2=, 539 _n._
_Sandwich_ incident, =2=, 496.
Sanford, Nathan,
opinion on steamboat monopoly and interstate commerce, =4=, 448.
Sanford, Me., and Ratification, =1=, 342.
Santo Domingo,
influence in United States of negro insurrection, =2=, 20-22.
Sargent, Nathan, on esteem of M., =4=, 581 _n._
Saunders, John. _See_ Ogden _vs._ Saunders.
Savage, John, opinion on steamboat monopoly, =4=, 449.
_Savannah Gazette_, on Yazoo frauds, =3=, 561.
Schmidt, Gustavus, on M. as a lawyer, =2=, 178.
Schoepf, Johann D., on Virginia social conditions, =1=, 21 _n._;
on irreligion in Virginia, 221 _n._;
on shiftlessness, 278.
Schuyler, Philip, dissatisfaction, =1=, 86;
and Burr, =3=, 277 _n._
Scott, John, in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 490.
Scott, John B., and Yazoo lands, =3=, 566 _n._
Scott, Joseph, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 370.
Scott, Sir Walter, and Burr, =3=, 537 _n._
Scott, Sir William, on slave trade and law of nations, =4=, 477.
Scott, Winfield, on irreligion in Washington, =3=, 7;
on Jefferson and trial of Burr, 406;
and Nullification, =4=, 566;
escort for M.'s body, 588.
Secession, Federalist threats over assault on Judiciary (1802),
=3=, 73, 82, 89, 93, 97, 98, 151;
Louisiana Purchase and threats, 150;
and Chase trial, 217;
New England Federalist plots and Burr, 281, 298;
Merry's intrigue, 281, 288;
sentiment in West, 282, 297, 299;
of New England thought possible, 283;
Burr and Merry, 288-90;
no proposals in Burr's conferences, 292, 297, 303, 312;
rumors of Burr's purpose, Spanish source, 296, 299, 315;
Burr denies such plans, 316, 318 _n._, 319, 326;
M. and Tucker on right, 430;
threats over neutral trade controversy, =4=, 13 _n._, 15, 17, 25;
M.'s rebuke, 17;
and admission of Louisiana, 27;
War of 1812 and threats, 30;
Hartford Convention, 51;
threats in attacks on M.'s Nationalist opinions, 314, 326, 338, 339,
381;
and Missouri struggle, 340-42;
M. on resistance to, 352, 353;
Jefferson's later threats, 368, 539;
South Carolina threat over Elkison case, 382;
threat on internal improvement policy, 421;
M. on Supreme Court and threats, 512, 513.
_See also_ Nationalism; Nullification; State Rights.
Secretary of State, M. and (1795), =2=, 147;
M.'s appointment, 486, 489-93;
M. remains after Chief Justiceship, 558.
Secretary of War, M. declines, =2=, 485.
Sedgwick, Theodore, and M. (1796), =2=, 198;
on effect of X. Y. Z. dispatches, 341;
on Gerry, 364;
on M.'s views on Alien and Sedition Acts, 391, 394, 406;
on M.'s election (1799), 417;
on M.'s importance to Federalists in Congress, 432;
on M. and Disputed Elections Bill, 457, 458;
on results of session (1800), 482;
on M. as man and legislator, 483, 484;
on M.'s efforts for harmony, 527;
on Republican rule, =3=, 12;
on plans against Judiciary, 22;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, 94;
and secession, 97;
on Burr, 279 _n._
Sedition Act. _See_ Alien and Sedition Acts.
Senate, arguments on, during Ratification, =1=, 345;
opposition to secrecy, =2=, 57.
_See also_ Congress.
Separation of powers,
M. on limitation to judicial powers, =2=, 468-70;
incidental executive exercise of judicial powers, 470;
M. on legislative reversal of judicial decisions, =3=, 177, 178.
_See also_ Declaring acts void.
Sergeant, John, counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 385;
and in Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, 541, 544, 547;
and in Worcester _vs._ Georgia, 549;
escort for M.'s body, 588.
Sergeant, Thomas, practitioner before M., =4=, 237 _n._
Sewall, David, on demagoguery, =1=, 290 _n._;
on Ratification contest, 341.
Seward, Anna, as Philadelphia belle, =1=, 100.
Sewell, T., and French War, =2=, 424.
Shannon, Richard C., witness against Pickering, reward, =3=, 181 _n._
Shays's Rebellion, M. on causes, =1=, 298, 299, =3=, 262 _n._;
taxation not the cause, =1=, 299, 300;
effect on statesmen, 300-02;
Jefferson's defense, 302-04;
as phase of a general movement, 300 _n._;
and Ratification, 343.
Shephard, Alexander, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Shepperd, John, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 547.
Sherburne, John S., witness against Pickering, reward, =3=, 181 _n._
Sherman, Roger, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129;
on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
Shippen, Margaret, as Philadelphia belle, =1=, 109.
Shirley, John M., work on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 258 _n._
Short, Payton, at William and Mary, =1=, 159.
Short, William, at William and Mary, =1=, 159;
on French Revolution, =2=, 24;
Jefferson's admonitions, 25, 26;
on Lafayette, 34 _n._
"Silver Heels," M.'s nickname, =1=, 74, 132.
Simcoe, John G., and frontier posts, =2=, 111.
Sims, Thomas, on slander on Powell, =1=, 290 _n._
Singletary, Amos, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 344, 346.
Skipwith, Fulwar, on X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 336;
on probable war, 358.
Slaughter, Philip, on M. at Valley Forge, =1=, 117, 118.
Slave representation,
debate in Virginia Constitutional Convention (1830), =4=, 501-07.
Slave trade, Northern defense (1800), =2=, 449;
act against engaging in, 482;
M. on international recognition, =4=, 476, 477.
Slavery, effect in colonial Virginia, =1=, 20-22;
in debate on Ratification, 440;
attitude of Congress (1800), =2=, 449;
acquiescence in, =3=, 13 _n._;
Nationalism and overthrow, =4=, 370, 420, 536;
M.'s attitude, 472-79.
_See also_ adjoining titles; and Missouri Compromise.
Slaves, of M.'s father, =1=, 37 _n._;
owned by M., 167, 180;
Jefferson's debts for, 224 _n._;
provision in Peace of 1783, controversy, 230, =2=, 108, 114,
121 _n._;
in Washington (1801), =3=, 8;
common carriers and transportation, =4=, 478.
Sloan, James, and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), =3=, 348.
Smallpox, in Revolutionary army, =1=, 87;
inoculation against, 162.
Smallwood, William, in Philadelphia campaign, =1=, 100.
Smilie, John, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 330.
Smith, Ann (Marshall), =1=, 485.
Smith, Augustine, M.'s uncle, =1=, 485.
Smith, Israel, of New York, in Burr conspiracy, =3=, 466 _n._, 491.
Smith, Senator Israel, of Vermont,
and impeachment of Chase, =3=, 158, 159;
votes to acquit, 219, 220.
Smith, Jeremiah, on Republican hate of M., =3=, 161;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, =4=, 233, 234, 250;
fee and portrait, 255 _n._;
on M.'s decline, 586.
Smith, John, M.'s uncle, =1=, 485.
Smith, John, of New York, votes to acquit Chase, =3=, 219, 220.
Smith, John, of Ohio, votes to acquit Chase, =3=, 219;
and Burr conspiracy, 291, 312;
Wilkinson's letter to, 314;
and rumor of disunion plan, 316, 319;
indicted for treason, 466 _n._;
_nolle prosequi_, 524, 541 _n._;
attempt to expel from Senate, 540-44.
Smith, John Blair,
on Henry in campaign for Ratification delegates, =1=, 365.
Smith, John Cotton, and Eaton's report on Burr's plans, =3=, 305 _n._
Smith, Jonathan, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 347.
Smith, Lize (Marshall), =1=, 485.
Smith, Melancthon, on prosperity during Confederation, =1=, 306;
on revolutionary action of Framers, 324.
Smith, R. Barnwell, on Nullification, =4=, 560.
Smith, Robert, dismissal, =4=, 34;
vindication, and M., 35.
Smith, Sam, on English interest in Ratification, =1=, 313.
Smith, Samuel, on Pickering impeachment, =3=, 167;
votes to acquit Chase, 220;
and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), 347;
and Ogden-Smith trial, 436 _n._;
of committee on expulsion of Smith of Ohio, 541 _n._
Smith, Samuel H., on drinking at Washington, =3=, 10 _n._
Smith, Mrs. Samuel H., on Washington social life (1805), =3=, 8 _n._;
on Pinkney in court, =4=, 134.
Smith, Thomas M., anecdote of M., =4=, 83 _n._
Smith, Judge William, of Georgia, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 549.
Smith, Representative William, of South Carolina,
on French agents in United States (1797), =2=, 281;
on travel (1790), =3=, 55 _n._
Smith, Senator William, of South Carolina, on Missouri question,
=4=, 341.
Smith, William S., trial, =3=, 436 _n._
Smith _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 165 _n._
Sneyd, Honora, as Philadelphia belle, =1=, 109.
Snowden, Edgar, oration on M., =4=, 592.
Soane, Henry, =1=, 11 _n._
Social conditions, in later colonial Virginia, =1=, 19-28;
drinking, 23, 156 _n._, 186 _n._, 281-83, =2=, 86, 102 _n._, =3=, 9,
400, 501 _n._, =4=, 189 _n._;
qualities and influence of backwoodsmen, =1=, 28-31, 235, 236,
274-77;
frontier life, 39-41, 53, 54 _n._, =4=, 188-90;
dress, =1=, 59, 200, 208, =3=, 396, 397;
Richmond in 1780, =1=, 165;
degree of prosperity at period of Confederation, 273, 274;
classes in Virginia, 277, 278;
Jefferson on sectional characteristics, 278-80;
contrasts of elegance, 280;
food and houses, 280, 281;
amusements, 283;
Washington boarding-houses, =3=, 7;
lack of equality (1803), 13;
state then, 13 _n._;
advance under Republican rule, 15 _n._;
later social life at Richmond, 394.
_See also_ Bill of Rights; Communication; Economic conditions;
Education; Government; Law and order; Literature; Marriage;
Religion; Slavery.
Society, M.'s dislike of official, at Washington, =4=, 83-85.
"Somers," attack on M., =4=, 360 _n._, 361 _n._
South Carolina, and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 334;
Elkison negro seaman case, attack on Johnson's decision, 382, 383;
and Tariff of 1828, 537;
effect of Georgia-Cherokee contest on, 552.
_See also_ Nullification.
South Carolina Yazoo Company, =3=, 553 _n._
_See also_ Yazoo.
Spain, attitude toward United States (1794), =2=, 109;
depredations on American commerce, 496;
intrigue in West, Wilkinson as agent, =3=, 283, 284;
resentment of West, expectation of war over West Florida, 284, 285,
295, 301, 306, 312, 383 _n._;
treaty of 1795, 550 _n._;
intrigue and Yazoo grant, 554.
Spanish America, desire to free, =3=, 284, 286;
Miranda's plans, 286, 300, 301, 306;
revolt and M.'s contribution to international law, =4=, 126-28.
_See also_ Burr Conspiracy.
Speculation, after funding, =2=, 82, 85;
in land, 202;
as National trait, =3=, 557;
after War of 1812, =4=, 169, 181-84.
_See also_ Crisis of, 1819.
Speech, freedom, and sedition trials, =3=, 42.
_See also_ Press.
Stamp Act, opposition in Virginia, =1=, 61-65.
Standing army. _See_ Army.
Stanley, John, in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 74 _n._, 75.
Stark, John, Ware _vs._ Hylton, =2=, 188.
State Rights and Sovereignty,
effect on Revolutionary army, =1=, 82, 88-90, 100;
in American Revolution, 146;
and failure of the Confederation, 308-10;
union with democracy, =3=, 48;
and declaring Federal acts void, 105;
M. on, as factor under Confederation, 259-62;
compact, =4=, 316;
strict construction and reserved rights, 324 _n._;
Taylor's exposition, 335-39;
forces (c. 1821), 370;
M. on effect of strict construction, 442;
and Georgia-Cherokee contest, 541;
incompatible with federation, 571.
_See also_ Contracts; Eleventh Amendment; Implied powers;
Government; Kentucky Resolutions; Nationalism;
Nullification; Secession; Virginia Resolutions.
States, Madison on necessity of Federal veto of acts, =1=, 312;
suits against, in Federal courts, 454, =2=, 83.
_See also_ Government.
Stay and tender act in Virginia, =1=, 207 _n._
_See also_ Debts.
Steamboats, Fulton's experiments, Livingston's interest, =4=, 397-99;
Livingston's grants of monopoly in New York, 399;
first on the Mississippi, grant of monopoly in Louisiana, 402,
402 _n._, 403 _n._, 414;
other grants of monopoly, 415;
interstate retaliation, 415;
great development, 415, 416.
_See also_ Gibbons _vs._ Ogden.
Steele, Jonathan, witness against Pickering, reward, =3=, 181 _n._
Stephen, Adam, in Ratification Convention, characterized, =1=, 465;
on Indians, 465.
Steuben, Baron von, on Revolutionary army, =1=, 84;
training of the army, 88 _n._, 133.
Stevens, Edward, officer of minute men, =1=, 69.
Stevens, Thaddeus, as House leader, =3=, 84 _n._
Stevens _vs._ Taliaferro, =2=, 180 _n._
Stevenson, Andrew,
resolution against M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, =4=, 324;
and repeal of appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court, 379.
Stewart, Dr. ----, and Jay Treaty, =2=, 121.
Stirling, William, Lord, intrigue against, =1=, 122.
Stith, Judge, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 555.
Stoddert, Benjamin, _Aurora_ on, =2=, 492;
at Burr trial, =3=, 458;
as Secretary of the Navy, 458 _n._;
proposes M. for President, =4=, 31-34.
Stone, David, and Granville heirs case, =4=, 155 _n._
Stone _vs._ Mississippi, =4=, 279 _n._
Stony Point, assault, =1=, 138-42.
Story, ----, on Ratification in Virginia, =1=, 445.
Story, Elisha, Republican, =4=, 96;
children, 97;
in Revolution, 97 _n._
Story, Joseph, on M. and his father, =1=, 43;
on M. in Jonathan Robins case, =2=, 473;
on Washington (1808), =3=, 6;
and common-law jurisdiction, 28 _n._, =4=, 30 _n._;
on Chase, =3=, 184 _n._;
on Jefferson's Anas, 230 _n._;
and Yazoo claims, 583, 586;
on conduct of Minister Jackson, =4=, 23;
on conduct of Federalists (1809), 23 _n._;
on Federalists and War of 1812, 30, 40;
on Chief Justiceship, 59 _n._;
appointed Justice, history of appointment, 60, 106-10;
compared and contrasted with M., 60;
on M.'s attitude toward women, 71;
and poetry, 80;
on M.'s charm, 81;
on life of Justices, 86, 87;
on M.'s desire for argument of cases, 94 _n._, 95 _n._;
character, 95;
as supplement to M., 96, 120, 523;
Republican, 96;
birth, education, 97;
antipathy of Federalists, 97;
in Congress, Jefferson's enmity, 97, 99;
cultivated by Federalists, 98;
devotion to M., 99, 523;
authority on law of real estate, 100;
and Nationalism, 116, 145;
on constitutionality of Embargo, 118 _n._;
authority on admiralty, 119;
United States _vs._ Palmer, 126;
appearance, 132;
on oratory before Supreme Court, 133, 135 _n._;
dissent in _Nereid_ case, 142;
opinions in Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 144, 145, 156, 161-64;
assailed for opinion, contemplates resignation, 166;
and Dartmouth College case, 232, 243 _n._, 251, 255, 257, 259 _n._,
274, 275;
opinion in Terrett _vs._ Taylor, 243;
on Dartmouth decision, 277;
on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 284, 287;
and M.'s reply to Roane, 322;
omnivorous reader, 363;
and Jefferson's attack on Judiciary, 363, 364;
opinion in Green _vs._ Biddle, 376;
on Todd's absence, 381 _n._;
in Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 471;
on slave trade and law of nations, 476;
opinion in Bank _vs._ Dandridge, 482;
dissent in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, 482 _n._;
on proposed repeal of appellate jurisdiction, 514;
and M.'s suggested resignation, 520;
on M.'s recovery, 528;
dissent in Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, 546 _n._;
on Worcester _vs._ Georgia, 551;
on Nullification movement, 559;
on Jackson's Proclamation, 563;
M. and Commentaries and its dedication, 569, 576, 580, 581;
on Webster's speech against Nullification, 572;
article on statesmen, 577;
on M.'s green old age, 579;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583, 584 _n._;
and M.'s decline, 586, 587;
epitaph for M., 592, 593.
Strict construction. _See_ Nationalism; State Rights.
Strong, Caleb, and Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 129.
Stuart, David, and chancery bill (1787), =1=, 219;
on title for President, =2=, 36;
on Virginia's hostility to National Government (1790), 68 _n._
Stuart, Gilbert, and engraving for M.'s _Washington_, =3=, 236 _n._;
portraits of Dartmouth College case counsel, =4=, 255 _n._
Stuart _vs._ Laird, =3=, 130.
Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield, case, =4=, 209;
M.'s opinion, 209-18;
right of State to enact bankruptcy laws, 208-12;
New York insolvency law as impairing the obligation of contracts,
212-18;
reception of opinion, 218, 219.
Sturgis, Josiah. _See_ Sturges _vs._ Crowninshield.
Subpoena _duces tecum_, to President Adams, =3=, 33, 86;
to Jefferson in Burr trial, 433-47, 450, 518-22;
Jefferson's reply, 454-56;
of Cabinet officers in Ogden-Smith case, 436 _n._
Suffrage, limitation, =1=, 217 _n._, 284, =3=, 13 _n._, 15 _n._;
problem in Virginia, M.'s conservatism on it, =4=, 468-71;
in Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1820), 471;
debate in Virginia Constitutional Convention (1830), 501-07.
Sullivan, George, counsel in Dartmouth College case, =4=, 234.
Sullivan, John, dissatisfaction, =1=, 86;
Brandywine campaign, 95;
Germantown, 102;
intrigue against, 122.
Sullivan, John L., steamboat monopoly, =4=, 415.
Sullivan, Samuel, Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 331.
Sumter, Thomas, on Judiciary Act of 1789, =3=, 54;
and Yazoo claims, 583.
Supreme Court, Ware _vs._ Hylton, M.'s argument, =2=, 189-92;
Hunter _vs._ Fairfax, 206-08;
M. declines Associate Justiceship, 347, 378, 379;
salaries (1800), 539 _n._;
question of Chief Justice (1801), 552;
Jefferson's attitude and plans against, =3=, 20-22;
United States _vs._ Hudson, no Federal common-law jurisdiction,
28 _n._;
influence of Alien and Sedition Acts on position, 49;
Justices on circuit, 55;
act abolishing June session, purpose, 94-97;
low place in public esteem, 120;
first room in Capitol, 121 _n._;
mandamus jurisdiction, 127-32;
plan to impeach all Federal Justices, 159-63, 173, 176, 178;
release of Swartwout and Bollmann on habeas corpus, 346, 348-57;
renewal of attack on, during Burr trial, 357;
becomes Republican, =4=, 60;
under M. life and consultations of Justices, 86-89;
character on M.'s control, 89;
practitioners in M.'s time, 94, 95, 131-35;
appointment of successor to Cushing, Story, 106-10;
quarters after burning of Capitol, 130;
appearance in _Nereid_ case, 131;
Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, right of appeal from State courts,
156-67;
salary question (1816), 166;
change in repute, 310;
apostacy of Republican Justices, 317, 358, 359, 444;
Wirt on, 369 _n._;
attack in Congress, movement to restrict power over State
laws (1821-25), 371-80, 394-96, 450;
renewal of attempt (1830), 514-17;
proposed Virginia amendment, 371, 378;
Green _vs._ Biddle, protest of Kentucky, 375-77, 380-82;
alarm in, over attacks, 381;
reversal of attitude toward, causes, 450-54;
personnel (1830), 510;
becomes restive under M.'s rule, 510, 513;
M. anticipates reaction in, against Nationalism, 513, 514, 582, 584;
Jefferson's later denunciation, 538;
Jackson's denial of authority of opinions, 530-32;
rule of majority on constitutional questions, 583.
_See also_ Commerce; Contracts; Declaring acts void; Implied powers;
International law; Judiciary; Marshall, John (_Chief
Justice_); Nationalism; Story, Joseph; cases by title.
Swartwout, Samuel, takes Burr's letter to Wilkinson, =3=, 307;
and Wilkinson, 320, 332 _n._, 354 _n._;
denial of Wilkinson's statement, 320 _n._;
character then, later fall, 321 _n._, 465;
arrested, mistreatment, 332, 334;
brought to Washington, 343;
held for trial, 344-46;
discharged by Supreme Court, 346-57;
testifies at Burr trial, 465;
not indicted, 466 _n._;
insults and challenges Wilkinson, 471;
as Jackson's adviser, =4=, 532 _n._
Sweden, and Barbary Powers, =2=, 499.
Talbot, Isham, on Supreme Court, =4=, 451.
Talbot, Silas, _Sandwich_ affair, =2=, 496;
_Amelia_ case, =3=, 16.
Talbot _vs._ Seeman, =3=, 16, 17, 273 _n._
Taliaferro, Lawrence, colonel of minute men, =1=, 69.
Talleyrand Périgord, Charles M. de,
on narrow belt of settlement, =1=, 258;
on Baltimore, 264;
on food and drink, 282;
rise, =2=, 249, 250;
opinion of United States, 250, 251;
and Bonaparte, 272, 288;
and reopening of American negotiations, 423.
_See also_ X. Y. Z. Mission.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, on War of 1812, =4=, 40 _n._
Talmadge, Matthias B., Ogden-Smith trial, =3=, 436 _n._
Taney, Roger B., as practitioner before M., =4=, 135 _n._;
counsel in Brown _vs._ Maryland, 455;
career, 455 _n._;
later opinion on Brown _vs._ Maryland, 460;
Chief Justice, 584 _n._
Tariff, antagonistic State laws during Confederation, =1=, 310, 311;
Taylor's attack on protection, =4=, 338 _n._, 366-68;
as element in strife of political theories, 370, 536;
threatened resistance, reference to by M. and Johnson, 384,
388 _n._, 394 _n._, 459, 536, 537, 555;
debate (1824) and Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 421;
Compromise, 574.
_See also_ Import duties; Nullification; Taxation.
Tarleton, Banastre, in Philadelphia society, =1=, 109;
in Virginia, 144 _n._
Tarring and feathering, practice, =1=, 214 _n._
Tassels, George, trial and execution, =4=, 542, 543.
Tavern, Richmond (1780), =1=, 172;
at Raleigh, =4=, 65.
Taxation, Virginia commutable act, =1=, 207 _n._;
not cause of Shays's Rebellion, 299, 300;
opposition to power in Federal Constitution, 334;
Ratification debate, 342, 366, 390, 404, 413, 416, 419, 421;
proposed amendment on power, 477;
Federal, as issue (1800), =2=, 520, 530 _n._;
exemption of lands as contract, =4=, 221-23;
M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, Osborn _vs._ Bank, State taxation of
Federal instruments, 302-08;
State power and commerce clause, 435, 454-59.
_See also_ Directory; Excise; Finances;
Requisitions; Tariff.
Taylor, George Keith, and privateer incident, =2=, 106;
courtship and marriage, M.'s interest, 174, 175;
Federal appointment as nepotism, 560 _n._
Taylor, John, of Caroline, Hite _vs._ Fairfax, =1=, 191, 192;
attack on Hamilton's financial system, =2=, 69;
suggests idea of Kentucky Resolutions, 397;
and Callender trial, =3=, 38 _n._, 39, 176, 177, 190, 214;
and repeal of Judiciary Act, 58 _n._, 607-10;
control of Virginia politics, =4=, 146;
attack on M.'s Nationalist opinions, 309, 335-39;
attack on protective tariff, 338 _n._, 366-68.
Taylor, John, of Mass., on travel, =1=, 257;
in Ratification Convention, 345.
Taylor, Peter, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 425, 426, 465, 488.
Taylor, Robert, grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._
Taylor, Thomas, security for Burr, =3=, 429 _n._
Tazewell, Littleton W., grand juror on Burr, =3=, 413 _n._;
on Swartwout, 465 _n._;
M. soothes, =4=, 88;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484;
in debate on State Judiciary, 489, 490.
Tennessee,
Burr in, his plan to represent in Congress, =3=, 292-96, 312, 313;
tax on external banks, =4=, 207;
and M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 334.
Tennessee Company, =3=, 550, 553 _n._
_See also_ Yazoo.
Terence, on law and injustice, =3=, 1.
Terrett _vs._ Taylor, =4=, 243 _n._, 246 _n._
Territory, powers of Governor, =2=, 446;
M. on government, =4=, 142-44.
Thacher, George, and slavery, =2=, 450.
Thatcher, Samuel C., on M.'s biography of Washington, =3=, 269, 270.
Thayer, James B., on M. at Wickham's dinner, =3=, 396 _n._
Theater, M. and, =2=, 217, 231.
Thibaudeau, Antoine C. de, and 18th Fructidor, =2=, 240.
Thomas, Robert, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 547.
Thompson, James, as M.'s instructor, =1=, 53;
parish, 54;
political opinions, 54;
and military preparation, 70.
Thompson, John, address on Jay Treaty, =2=, 126-29;
Curtius letters on M., 395, 396, =3=, 354;
character, =2=, 396 _n._
Thompson, John A., arrest by Georgia, =4=, 574.
Thompson, Lucas P.,
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, =4=, 496, 500.
Thompson, Philip R., in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 74;
and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807), 347.
Thompson, Samuel, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 345, 346, 348.
Thompson, Smith, on Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 406;
dissents from Brown _vs._ Maryland, 455;
on slave trade and law of nations, 476;
opinion in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, 481 _n._;
dissent in Craig _vs._ Missouri, 513;
dissent in Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, 546 _n._;
and M., 582;
and Briscoe _vs._ Bank and New York _vs._ Miln, 583.
Thompson, William, attack on M., =3=, 525, 533-35.
Thruston, Buckner, of Smith committee, =3=, 541 _n._
Ticknor, George, on M., =4=, 91 _n._;
on Supreme Court in _Nereid_ case, 131.
Tiffin, Edward, and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 324.
Tilghman, Tench, on luxury in Philadelphia, =1=, 108 _n._
Titles, influence of French Revolutions, =2=, 36-38.
Toasts, typical Federalist (1798), =2=, 349 _n._;
Federalist, to the Judiciary, 548 _n._;
Burr's, on Washington's birthday, =3=, 280;
Jefferson's, on freedom of the seas, =4=, 23;
Jackson's "Union," 557.
Tobacco, characteristics of culture, =1=, 19;
universal use, =3=, 399.
Todd, Thomas, and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, =4=, 153;
and Dartmouth College case, 255;
and Green _vs._ Biddle, 381 _n._;
on regulating power to declare State acts void, 396 _n._
Tompkins, Daniel D., and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 411.
Tories. _See_ Loyalists.
Townsend, Henry A., and Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 409 _n._
Tracy, Uriah, and reopening of French negotiations, =2=, 425;
on pardon of Fries, 430 _n._;
on Republican ascendancy (1800), 521 _n._;
in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 61;
on Louisiana Purchase, 150;
at Chase trial, 217;
and Burr, 281.
Transportation. _See_ Commerce; Communication; Internal improvements.
Travel, hardships, =1=, 250, 255-64;
conditions as an index of community isolation, 251, 255;
conditions (c. 1815), =3=, 4 _n._, 5 _n._;
stage time between Richmond and Raleigh (c. 1810), =4=, 63 _n._
Treason, Jefferson's views in 1794 and 1807, =2=, 91;
Fries trial, =3=, 34-36;
basis of constitutional limitation, 349-51, 402-04;
necessity of actual levy of war, what constitutes, 350, 351, 377-79,
388, 442, 491, 505-09, 619;
presence of accused at assembly, 350, 484, 493-97, 502, 509-12, 540,
620-26;
legal order of proof, 424, 425, 484-87;
attempt to amend law, 540.
Treaties, M. on constitutional power of execution, Jonathan Robins
case, =2=, 461-71;
supreme law, =3=, 17, =4=, 156.
_See also_ next title.
Treaty-making power, in Ratification debate, =1=, 442, 444;
in contest over Jay Treaty, =2=, 119, 128, 133-36, 141-43.
Trevett _vs._ Weeden, =3=, 611.
Trimble, David, attack on Supreme Court, =4=, 395.
Trimble, Robert, opinion in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, =4=, 481 _n._
Triplett, James, and Callender trial, =3=, 37.
Tronçon, -----, and 18th Fructidor, =2=, 240.
Troup, George M., and Yazoo claims, denunciation of M., =3=, 596-601.
Troup, Robert on Republicans and X. Y. Z. dispatches, =2=, 339, 342;
on M.'s return, 344;
on war preparations, 357, 363;
on Adams's absence, 431;
on disruption of British-debts commission, 501;
on Federalist dissensions, 526;
on Hamilton's attack on Adams, 528 _n._;
on Morris in Judiciary debate (1802), =3=, 71;
on isolation of Burr, 279 _n._, 280 _n._
Trumbull, Jonathan, and pardon of Williams, =2=, 496 _n._
Truxtun, Thomas, and Burr Conspiracy, =3=, 302, 303, 614;
at trial, testimony, 451, 458-62, 488;
career and grievance, 458 _n._, 462.
Tucker, George,
on social conditions in Virginia, =1=, 23 _n._, 24 _n._
Tucker, Henry St. George, and internal improvements, =4=, 418;
counsel in Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 161.
Tucker, St. George, on British debts, =1=, 441 _n._;
and right of secession, =3=, 430;
and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, =4=, 148 _n._, 151 _n._
Tucker, Thomas T., journey (1790), =3=, 55 _n._
Tunno, Adam, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 566 _n._
Tupper, Edward W., and Burr conspiracy, =3=, 427.
Turner, Thomas, sale to M.'s father, =1=, 55.
Turner _vs._ Fendall, =3=, 18.
Turreau, Louis M., on secession threats, =4=, 25 _n._
Twelfth Amendment, origin, =2=, 533 _n._
Tyler, Comfort, in Burr conspiracy, =3=, 324, 361, 489, 491;
indicted for treason, 466 _n._
Tyler, John [1], in Ratification Convention: Vice-President, =1=, 432;
in the debate, 440;
and amendments, 473, 474;
on Judiciary, =3=, 28;
on speculation, 557 _n._;
on M. and neutral trade controversy, =4=, 25;
appointment as District Judge, Jefferson's activity, 103-06;
Livingston _vs._ Jefferson, 111-13.
Tyler, John [2], on Bank of the United States, =4=, 289;
and American Colonization Society, 474, 476 _n._;
tribute to M., 476 _n._;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484.
_Unicorn_ incident, =2=, 103-06.
Union, M.'s early training in idea, =1=, 9;
lack of popular appreciation, 285.
_See also_ Confederation; Continental Congress; Federal
Constitution; Government; Nationalism; Nullification;
State Rights; Secession.
_United States Oracle of the Day_, on Paterson's charge, =3=, 30 _n._
United States _vs._ Fisher, =3=, 162.
United States _vs._ Hopkins, =3=, 130 _n._
United States _vs._ Hudson, =3=, 28 _n._
United States _vs._ Lawrence, =3=, 129 _n._
United States _vs._ Palmer, =4=, 126, 127.
United States _vs._ Peters, =3=, 129 _n._, =4=, 18-21.
United States _vs._ Ravara, =3=, 129 _n._
United States _vs._ Schooner Peggy, =3=, 17, 273 _n._
United States _vs._ Worral, =3=, 28 _n._
Upper Mississippi Company, Yazoo land purchase, =3=, 550.
_See also_ Yazoo.
Upshur, Abel P., and American Colonization Society, =4=, 474;
in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 484, 502 _n._
Valentine, Edward V., on M., =4=, 67 _n._
Valley Forge, army at, =1=, 110-17, 131, 132;
M.'s cheerful influence, 117-20, 132;
discipline, 120.
Van Buren, Martin, on revolutionary action of Framers, =1=, 323 _n._;
on Supreme Court, =4=, 380, 452;
as Jackson's adviser, 532 _n._
Van Horne's Lessee _vs._ Dorrance, =3=, 612.
Van Ingen, James, and Livingston steamboat monopoly, suits,
=4=, 405-09.
Varnum, James M., on army at Valley Forge, =1=, 115.
Varnum, Joseph B., and attempt to suspend habeas corpus (1807),
=3=, 348.
Vassalborough, Me., and Ratification, =1=, 341.
_Venus_ case, M.'s dissent, =4=, 128, 129.
Vermont, and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, =3=, 105 _n._, 106;
steamboat monopoly, =4=, 415.
Vestries in colonial Virginia, =1=, 52.
Veto of State laws, Madison on necessity of Federal, =1=, 312.
_See also_ Declaring acts void.
Villette, Madame de, as agent in X. Y. Z. Mission, =2=, 290;
M.'s farewell to, 333.
Virginia, state of colonial society, =1=, 19-28;
character and influence of frontiersmen, 28-31;
as birthplace of statesmen, 32;
colonial roads, 36 _n._;
vestries, 52;
Convention (1775), 65, 66;
preparation for the Revolution, 69-74;
battle of Great Bridge, 74-78;
Norfolk, 78;
Jefferson's services during the Revolution, 128;
M. in Council of State, 209-12;
political machine, 210, =2=, 56 _n._, =4=, 146, 174, 485-88;
suffrage and representation under first Constitution, =1=, 217 _n._;
religious state and controversy, 220-22;
and British debts, 223-31;
hardships of travel, 259-62;
classes, 277, 278;
houses and food, 280, 281;
drinking, 281-83;
paper money, 296;
prosperity during Confederation, 306;
tariff, 310;
attack on Constitution of 1776 (1789), =2=, 56 _n._;
and assumption of State debts, 62-69;
hostility to new government (1790), 68 _n._;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 88-90;
_Unicorn_ privateer incident, 103-06;
election on neutrality issue (1794), 106;
and Jay Treaty, 120, 126, 129;
Richmond meeting on Jay Treaty, 149-55;
Marshall's campaign for Congress (1798), 374-80, 401, 409-16;
election methods and scenes, 413-15;
survey for internal improvements (1812), =4=, 42-45;
M. anticipates split, 571.
_See also_ following titles; and Bank of Virginia;
Cohens _vs._ Virginia; House of Burgesses;
Legislature; Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee;
Ratification.
Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-30),
M. and election to, =4=, 467;
need, Jefferson and demand, 468, 469;
suffrage problem, M.'s conservatism on in, 469-71;
prominent members, 484;
petition on suffrage, 484;
M.'s report on Judiciary, 484, 485;
existing oligarchic system, 485-88;
extent of demand for judicial reform, 488;
M. as reactionary in, 488, 507, 508;
M.'s standing, 489;
debate on Judiciary, 489-501;
debate on suffrage, 501-07;
justification of conservatism, 508.
Virginia Resolutions, M. foretells, =2=, 394;
framing and adoption, 399;
Madison's address of the majority, 400, 411;
M.'s address of the minority, 402-06;
military measure to uphold, 406, 408;
Henry on, 411;
consideration in Massachusetts, =3=, 43;
Dana on, 45;
as Republican gospel, 105-08;
resolutions of Federalist States on, 105 _n._, 106 _n._;
Madison's later explanation, 557;
as continued creed of Virginia, 576, 577.
_See also_ State Rights.
Virginia Yazoo Company, =3=, 553 _n._
_See also_ Yazoo.
Visit and search, by British vessels, =2=, 229.
_See also_ Impressment; Neutral trade.
Wadsworth, Peleg, and M. (1796), =2=, 198.
Wait, Thomas B., on Ratification in Pennsylvania, =1=, 331 _n._, 342.
Waite, Morrison R., on Dartmouth College case, =4=, 280.
Waldo, Albigence, on army at Valley Forge, =1=, 112-14, 124;
on prisoners of war, 115.
Walker, David, on Bank of the United States, =4=, 289.
Walker, Freeman, on Missouri question, =4=, 341.
War. _See_ Army; Militia; Navy; Preparedness; and wars by name.
War of 1812, M.'s opposition, =4=, 1, 35-41;
bibliography, 8 _n._;
demanded by second generation of statesmen, 28, 29;
declaration, 29;
causes, 29 _n._, 52-55;
opposition of Federalists, 30, 45, 46, 48;
and M.'s candidacy for President, 31-34;
dependence on European war, 50, 51;
Hartford Convention, 51;
direct and indirect results, 56-58;
finances, 177, 179.
Warden, John, offends Virginia House, =1=, 215.
Ware _vs._ Hylton, M.'s connection and arguments, =2=, 186-92.
Warrington, James, and Yazoo lands, =3=, 566 _n._
Warville, Jean P. Brissot de, on tobacco culture, =1=, 20 _n._;
on drinking, 282 _n._
Washington, Bushrod, on Madison in Ratification Convention, =1=, 395;
and Jay Treaty, =2=, 121;
and M. (1798), 375;
appointment to Supreme Court, 378, 379;
appearance, =4=, 131, 249;
and Martin _vs._ Hunter's Lessee, 156;
and Dartmouth College case, 255;
and M.'s reply to attack on M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 318;
opinion in Green _vs._ Biddle, 380;
opinion in Ogden _vs._ Saunders, 481 _n._;
death, 581.
_See also_ Biography.
Washington, George,
_pre-presidential years_:
in Braddock's march and defeat, =1=, 2-5;
reported slain, 5;
and M.'s father, 7, 46;
landed estate, 20 _n._;
as statesman, 32;
early reading, 46 _n._;
influence of Lord Fairfax, 50;
on frontier discomforts, 53 _n._, 54 _n._;
in Virginia Convention (1775), 66;
on military preparedness, 69;
on state of the army, 80-83, 86, 92, 131, 132;
on militia, 83-86, 100;
smallpox, 87 _n._;
Brandywine campaign, 92-98;
campaign before Philadelphia, 98-102;
as sole dependence of the Revolution (1778), 101, 121, 124;
Germantown, 102-04;
besought to apostatize, 105, 130, 131;
final movements before Philadelphia, 105-07;
fears at Valley Forge, 114;
discipline, 120;
intrigue against, 121-23;
plea for a better Continental Congress, 124-26, 131;
distrust of effect of French alliance, 134;
Monmouth, 134-38;
and Stony Point, 139;
and light infantry, 139 _n._;
and military smartness, 140 _n._;
and Mary Cary, 150 _n._;
and purchase of land from M.'s father, 167;
employs M.'s legal services, 196;
on post-Revolutionary Assembly, 206;
and relief for Thomas Paine, 213;
and internal improvements, 217;
hot-tempered Nationalism during Confederation, 342;
loses faith in democracy, 252;
on unreliability of newspapers, 268;
on drinking, 282 _n._, 283;
on chimney-corner patriots, 286;
on debased specie, 297;
despair (1786), 301, 307;
on requisitions, 305;
on responsibility of States for failure of Confederation, 308,
309;
on influence in Virginia of previous ratifications, 356;
and Randolph's attitude on Ratification, 362, 377 _n._, 382 _n._;
on campaign for Anti-Constitutionalist delegates, 366, 367;
on opposition of leaders in State politics, 366 _n._;
on detailed debate in Virginia Convention, 370 _n._;
influence on Ratification Convention, 476;
on the contest in Virginia, 478;
and opposition after Ratification, 248;
as distiller, =2=, 86 _n._;
on West and Union, =3=, 282 _n._
_As President and after_:
hardships of travel, =1=, 255, 259;
influence of French Revolution, =2=, 3;
and beginning of French Revolution, 10;
and Genêt, 28;
and imprisonment of Lafayette, 33;
on democratic clubs, 38, 88, 89;
Virginia address (1789), 57;
on Virginia's opposition (1790), 68 _n._;
opposes partisanship, 76;
and antagonism in Cabinet, 82;
and Whiskey Insurrection, 87, 89;
and neutrality, 92;
on attacks, 93 _n._, 164;
and attacks on M.'s character, 102, 103;
and British crisis (1794), 112;
attacks on, over Jay Treaty, 116-18;
J. Q. Adams on policy, 119 _n._;
on attacks on treaty, 120;
M. refuses Cabinet offices, 122, 123, 147;
M. advises on Cabinet positions, 124-26, 132;
virtual censure by Virginia Legislature, 137-40;
offers French mission to M., 144-46;
and support of Jay Treaty, 149, 150;
final Republican abuse, 158, 162-64;
address of Virginia Legislature (1796), 159-62;
and M.'s appointment to X. Y. Z. Mission, 216;
Monroe's attack, 222;
M.'s letters during X. Y. Z. mission, 229, 233-44, 267-72, 320-23;
on hopes for X. Y. Z. Mission, 244;
on X. Y. Z. dispatches and French partisans, 340, 359, 360;
Federalist toast to (1798), 349 _n._;
accepts command of army, 357;
does not anticipate land war, 357;
on Gerry, 365;
persuades M. to run for Congress (1798), 374-78;
Langhorne letter, 375 _n._;
and M.'s election, 416;
and M.'s apology for statement by supporters, 416, 417;
death, M.'s announcement in Congress, 440-43;
House resolutions, authorship of "first in war" designation,
443-45;
and slavery petitions, 450 _n._;
temperament contrasted with Adams's, 487 _n._;
Jefferson's Mazzei letter on, 537 _n._;
Weems's biography, =3=, 231 _n._;
and French War, 258 _n._;
M.'s biography on Administration, 263-65;
and Yazoo lands, 569.
_See also_ Biography.
Washington, D.C., Morris's land speculation, =2=, 205 _n._;
condition when first occupied, 494 _n._;
aspect (1801), =3=, 1-4;
lack of progress, 4-6;
malaria, 6;
absence of churches, 6;
boarding-houses, 7;
population, 9;
drinking, 9;
factions, 10;
Webster on, =4=, 86.
_See also_ District of Columbia.
_Washington Federalist_, on Hamilton's attack on Adams, =2=, 528;
campaign virulence, 530 _n._;
eulogism of Adams, 532 _n._;
M.'s reputed influence over, 532 _n._, 541, 547 _n._;
and Jefferson-Burr contest, 534 _n._, 540;
on Hay's attack on M., 543 _n._;
on Republican armed threat, 544 _n._, 545 _n._;
sentiment after Jefferson's election, 547 _n._;
on Judiciary debate (1802), and secession, =3=, 72;
on Bayard's speech on Judiciary, 82;
on Randolph's speech, 87 _n._;
on repeal of Judiciary Act, 92, 93;
on Burr's farewell address, 274 _n._
Washington's birthday, celebration abandoned (1804), =3=, 210 _n._;
Burr's toast, 280.
Washita lands, Burr's plan to settle, =3=, 292 _n._, 303, 310, 312,
313, 314 _n._, 319, 324 _n._, 361 _n._, 362, 461, 462, 523,
527;
Water travel, hardships, =1=, 259, =3=, 55 _n._
_See also_ Steamboat.
Watkins, John, and Burr, =3=, 295;
and Wilkinson and Adair, 337 _n._
Watson, Elkanah, on army at Valley Forge, =1=, 111 _n._;
on hardships of travel, 263 _n._;
on Virginia social conditions, 277 _n._;
on dissipation, 283 _n._
Wayne, Anthony, discipline, =1=, 88;
in Brandywine campaign, 93, 95, 96;
in Philadelphia campaign, 100;
Germantown, 102;
Monmouth campaign, 135;
Stony Point, 139-41;
and supplies, 139 _n._;
on military smartness, 139 _n._
Wayne, C. P., negotiations to publish M.'s biography, =3=, 225-27;
agreement, 227, 228;
and political situation, 230;
solicitation of subscriptions, 230, 235;
and M.'s delays and prolixity, 235, 236, 239, 241;
and financial problem, 236, 250;
payment of royalty, 247, 248, 251;
and revised edition, 272.
Wayne, James M., appointment to Supreme Court, =4=, 584.
Webb, Foster, and Tabby Eppes, =1=, 182.
Webster, Daniel, on Yazoo claims, =3=, 602;
opposes new Western States, =4=, 28 _n._;
and War of 1812, 48;
opposes conscription, 51 _n._, 52 _n._;
on M., 59 _n._;
on Washington, 86;
as practitioner before M., 95, 135;
on bank debate, 180;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, 233, 234, 260, 273;
and story of Indian students, 233 _n._;
on the trial, 237, 240 _n._, 250 _n._, 253 _n._, 254 _n._, 261 _n._,
273, 274;
argument in case, 240-52;
tribute to Dartmouth, 248-50;
fee and portrait, 255 _n._;
and success in case, 273;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, appearance, 284;
argument, 285;
on the case, 288;
debt to M. in reply to Hayne, 293 _n._, 552-55;
counsel in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 357;
in and on debate on Supreme Court, 379, 380, 395, 395 _n._,
452 _n._;
counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, 385;
resolution on regulating power to declare State acts void, 396, 451;
counsel in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 413, 424;
argument, 424-27;
fanciful story on it, 424 _n._;
overlooks M.'s earlier decision on question, 427-29;
and American Colonization Society, 474;
and recharter of the Bank, 530;
on Nullification, M.'s commendation, 572.
Webster, Ezekiel, on War of 1812, =4=, 46 _n._
Webster, Noah, on Jacobin enthusiasm, =2=, 35 _n._;
on license of the press, 530;
and biography of Washington, =3=, 225 _n._
Weems, Mason L., biography of Washington, =3=, 225 _n._, 231 _n._;
character, 231;
career, 231 _n._;
soliciting agent for M.'s biography of Washington, 231-34, 252;
his orders for books, 252 _n._, 253 _n._
Weld, Isaac, on hardships of travel, =1=, 250;
on William and Mary, 272;
on lack of comforts, 274;
on drinking, 281;
on passion for military titles, 328 _n._;
on attacks on Washington, =2=, 117 _n._
Wentworth, John, charter for Dartmouth College, =4=, 224.
West, and attitude toward Union, Spanish intrigue, =3=, 282-85, 297,
299, 554;
Burr turns to, 286;
M. on internal improvements and (1812), =4=, 43-45;
War of 1812 and migration, 57;
_See also_ Burr conspiracy; Frontier; Yazoo lands.
West Florida, expected war with Spain over, =3=, 284, 285, 295, 301,
306, 312, 383 _n._
West Virginia, M. anticipates formation, =4=, 571.
Western claims, Georgia claim and cession, =3=, 553, 569, 570, 573.
Western Reserve, cession, =2=, 446;
Granger's connection, =3=, 578.
Westmoreland County, Vs., slave population (1790), =1=, 21 _n._
Wharton, Colonel, and Swartwout and Bollmann, =3=, 344.
Wheaton, Joseph, and Burr, =3=, 304 _n._
Wheelock, Eleazer, and origin of Dartmouth College, =4=, 223-26;
and Bellamy, 227.
Wheelock, John, President of Dartmouth College, =4=, 226;
in Revolution, 226 _n._;
troubles and removal, 227, 228;
reëlected under State reorganization, 232.
Whiskey Insurrection, opposition to Federal excise, =2=, 86, 87;
outbreak, 87;
democratic societies and, 88, 89;
M. and, 89, 90;
Jefferson's support, 90;
political effect, 91.
Whitaker, Nathaniel, and Dartmouth College, =4=, 223.
White, Abraham, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 345.
White, Samuel, and Pickering impeachment, =3=, 167, 168 _n._
White House, in 1801, =3=, 2.
Whitehill, Robert, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 329.
Whitney, Eli, cotton gin, =3=, 555.
Whittington _vs._ Polk, =3=, 612.
Wickham, John, as lawyer, =1=, 173;
mock argument with M., =2=, 184;
Ware _vs._ Hylton, 188;
and Chase impeachment, =3=, 176;
Burr's counsel, at preliminary hearing, 373, 379, 407;
Burr and M. at dinner with, 394-97;
on motion to commit Burr for treason, 416, 418, 424;
and subpoena to Jefferson, 435;
on preliminary proof of overt act, 485;
on overt act, 491-94;
counsel in Hunter _vs._ Fairfax's Devisee, =4=, 151;
practitioner before M., 237 _n._
Wickliffe, Charles A., bill on Supreme Court, =4=, 380.
Widgery, William, in Ratification Convention, =1=, 344, 345, 350.
Wilkins, William, and Burr, =3=, 311 _n._
Wilkinson, James, Conway Cabal, =1=, 121-23;
as Spanish agent, =3=, 283, 284, 316, 320 _n._, 337 _n._;
and Burr's plans, proposes Mexican invasion, 290, 294, 297, 460;
and rumors of disunion plans, 297;
plans to abandon Burr, 298, 300 _n._, 320;
at Louisiana frontier, expected to bring on war, 302, 308, 314;
Burr's cipher letter, 307-09, 614, 615;
letters to Adair and Smith, 314;
and Swartwout, 320, 354 _n._, 465;
revelation to Jefferson, 321-23, 433, 518-22;
ordered to New Orleans, 324;
pretended terror, 328;
appeal for money to Viceroy, 329;
and to Jefferson, 330;
reign of terror in New Orleans, 330-37;
sends Jefferson a version of Burr's letter, 334;
Jefferson's message on it, 339, 341;
affidavit and version of Burr's letter in Swartwout case, 341,
352-56;
House debate on conduct, 358-60;
and Burr in Mississippi, denounced there, 364, 365;
attendance awaited at trial of Burr, 383, 393, 415, 416, 429, 431,
432, 440;
arrival and conduct, 456, 457;
Jackson denounces, 457;
before grand jury, barely escapes indictment, 463, 464;
swallows Swartwout's insult, 471;
fear, Jefferson bolsters, 472, 477;
attachment against, 473-75;
and _Chesapeake-Leopard_ affair, 476;
personal effect of testimony, 523;
Daveiss's pamphlet on, 525.
William and Mary College, M. at, =1=, 154;
conditions during period of M.'s attendance, 155-58, 272;
Phi Beta Kappa, 158;
debating, 159;
fees from surveys, 179 _n._
Williams, ----, counsel for Bollmann, =3=, 453.
Williams, Isaac, trial and pardon, =2=, 495, =3=, 26.
Williams, Robert, in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act, =3=, 73.
Williamsburg, and frontier minute men, =1=, 75;
"Palace," 163 _n._
Williamson, ----, loyalist, mobbed, =1=, 214.
Williamson, Charles, and Burr, =3=, 288, 289.
Wills, of M.'s putative great-grandfather, =1=, 483, 484;
of M.'s grandfather, 485;
M.'s, =4=, 525 _n._
Wilson, James, and Ratification in Pennsylvania, =1=, 329, 332;
and in Virginia, 401;
and common-law jurisdiction, =3=, 24-26;
and British precedents, 28 _n._;
on declaring acts void, 115 _n._, 117;
and Yazoo lands, 548, 555;
in Federal Convention, on obligation of contracts, 558 _n._
Wilson _vs._ Mason, =3=, 17 _n._
Wine, M. as judge, =4=, 79.
_See also_ Drinking.
Wirt, William, on William and Mary, =1=, 156 _n._;
on frontiersmen, 236 _n._;
on M.'s appearance, =2=, 168, 169;
on M. as lawyer, 192, 193, 195, 196;
on social contrasts (1803), =3=, 13;
_Letters of a British Spy_, 13 _n._;
in Callender trial, 38-40, 190, 203;
prosecutes Burr, 407;
dissipation, 407 _n._;
on motion to commit Burr for treason, 417;
on subpoena to Jefferson, 438, 439;
on preliminary proof of overt act, 485;
on overt act, 495-97, 616-18;
on M. at trial, 517, 521;
in trial for misdemeanor, 522;
on M.'s personality, =4=, 91 _n._;
as practitioner before M., 95, 135 _n._;
on long arguments, 95 _n._;
on Pinkney, 131 _n._, 134 _n._;
counsel in Dartmouth College case, 239, 253;
and Kent, 256 _n._;
counsel in M'Culloch _vs._ Maryland, 284;
and in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, 357;
on importance of Supreme Court, 369 _n._;
on Oakley, 424;
counsel in Gibbons _vs._ Ogden, 424, 427;
and in Brown _vs._ Maryland, 455;
and in Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia, 541, 544, 547;
and in Worcester _vs._ Georgia, 549.
Wolcott, Alexander, and Justiceship, =4=, 110.
Wolcott, Oliver [1], on Giles, =2=, 84 _n._
Wolcott, Oliver [2],
on support of new government (1791), =2=, 61 _n._, 148;
on French Revolution, 92;
on M. and new French mission, 433;
on M.'s reply to Adams's address (1799), 434;
on M.'s position in Congress, 436, 437;
underhand opposition to Adams, 488 _n._, 493, 517 _n._;
_Aurora_ on, 491;
on M. as Secretary of State, 492, 493;
on Federalist defeat in M.'s district, 515;
on Republican influence over Adams, 518;
and Hamilton's attack on Adams, 527 _n._;
and M. and Jefferson-Burr contest, 536;
banquet to, 548;
on enlargement of Federal Judiciary, 548;
appointment as Circuit Judge, 559, 560;
on Washington (1800), =3=, 4, 8, 8 _n._;
on Jefferson and popularity, 19 _n._;
on M.'s biography of Washington, 233.
Women, education in colonial Virginia, =1=, 18 _n._, 24 _n._;
M.'s attitude, 198, =4=, 71, 72.
Wood, John, attacks on Federalists, =2=, 379, 409;
book suppressed by Burr, 380 _n._;
character, =3=, 316 _n._
Woodbridge, Dudley, testimony in Burr trial, =3=, 489.
Woodbury, Levi, hears Dartmouth College case, =4=, 234.
Woodford, William, battle of Great Bridge, =1=, 76;
in battle of Germantown, 103.
Woodward, William H., and Dartmouth College case, =4=, 233, 239 _n._,
273.
Woodworth, John, opinion on Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 449.
Worcester, Samuel A., arrest by Georgia, =4=, 547;
pardoned, 552 _n._
_See also_ Cherokee Indians.
Worcester, Mass., and Ratification, =1=, 341.
Worcester _vs._ Georgia. _See_ Cherokee Indians.
Workman, James, and Burr, =3=, 295;
and Wilkinson's reign of terror, 335.
Wright, John C., counsel in Osborn _vs._ Bank, =4=, 385.
Wright, Robert, at Chase trial, =3=, 183 _n._;
on Yazoo claims, 600.
Wylly, Thomas, and Yazoo lands act, =3=, 546, 547.
Wythe, George, M. attends law lectures, =1=, 154;
as professor, 157;
as judge, 173;
candidacy for Ratification Convention, 359;
in the Convention: Chairman, 368;
appearance, 373;
and recommendatory amendments, 469;
and Judiciary Act of, 1789, =3=, 129;
Commonwealth _vs._ Caton, 611.
X. Y. Z. Mission,
M.'s financial reason for accepting, =2=, 211-13, 371-73;
_Aurora_ on M.'s appointment, 218, 219;
M. in Philadelphia awaiting voyage, 214-18;
Adams on M.'s fitness, 218;
M.'s outward voyage, 219-21, 229;
as turning point in M.'s career, 221;
task, 221;
French depredations on neutral trade, 223-25;
Pinckney not received as Minister, 224;
Adams's address to Congress, French demand for withdrawal, 225, 226,
255, 262, 316;
wisdom of appointment, 226;
selection of envoys, Gerry, 226-29;
envoys at The Hague, Gerry's delay, 230, 231;
influence of 18th Fructidor, 244;
Washington on expectations, 244;
journey to Paris, 245;
M.'s pessimistic view of prospects, 246;
venality of French Government, 247-49;
and victims of French depredations, 249;
Talleyrand's opinion of United States, 250;
Talleyrand's position and need of money, 251;
Gerry's arrival, 251;
Talleyrand's informal reception, meeting visualized, 251, 253;
Talleyrand's measure of the envoys, 252;
Talleyrand and King's conciliatory letter, 252, 253;
Church's hint, 254;
Paine's interference, 254;
American instructions, 255;
origin of name, 256, 339;
depredations continue, protests of envoys, 257, 258, 270, 271-277,
283, 284, 310, 313, 331;
Gerry's opposition to action, 258;
Federalist opinions of Gerry, 258 _n._, 295, 296, 363-65;
first unofficial agent's proposal of loan and bribe, 259-61;
division of envoys on unofficial negotiations and bribe, 260, 261,
264, 314-17;
second unofficial agent, 261;
other French demands, 262;
further urging of loan and bribe, 263, 265-67, 273-76, 291, 313,
314, 315, 317, 318;
proposed return for instructions, 265;
and British-American and British-French relations, 271, 283, 295,
312, 321, 322;
and treaty of Campo Formio, 271-73;
third unofficial agent, 276;
intrigue and private conferences with Gerry, 276-78, 287, 294, 295,
310, 311, 313, 333;
intimidation, 278, 311;
threat of overthrowing Federalists, 278-81, 283, 286, 311;
decision against further unofficial negotiations, 281;
threat to asperse envoys in United States, 281, 312, 318-20, 327;
division on addressing Talleyrand directly, 282;
newspaper calumny, 282, 331;
Talleyrand's refusal to receive envoys, 284;
female agent to work on Pinckney, 290;
attempt to use debt to Beaumarchais, 292-94;
desire of M. and Pinckney to terminate, demand for passports, 296,
309, 310, 314, 326, 327, 331, 332;
preparation of American memorial, 296, 297;
its importance, 297;
its contents, 297-309;
necessity of American neutrality, 298-301;
review of Genêt's conduct, 301-03;
free ships, free goods, and Jay Treaty, 303-05;
defense of Jay Treaty, 305-08;
memorial ignored, 310;
French plan to retain Gerry, 312, 315, 317, 320, 323, 324, 326, 331;
meetings with Talleyrand, 315, 317;
dissension, 316, 328;
M.'s assertion of purely American attitude, 319;
M. on loan as ultimatum, 321;
Talleyrand's reply to memorial, 323-26;
complaint against American newspaper attacks, 324;
insult to M. and Pinckney, 325, 332;
American rejoinder, 326, 328-31;
Gerry stays, 327, 328, 333, 363;
reply on complaint about newspapers, 329-31;
departure of M. and Pinckney, 332;
M.'s farewell to friends, 333;
Pinckney on Gerry and M., 333, 365;
conditions in United States during, 335;
French reports in United States, 335;
arrival of first dispatches, Adams's warning to Congress, 336;
Republican demand for dispatches, 336-38;
effect of publication, war spirit, Republican about face, 338-43,
363;
M.'s return and reception, 343-55;
Jefferson's call on M., 346, 347;
origin of "millions for defense" slogan, 348;
M.'s addresses on, 350, 352, 353, 571-73;
Adams's statement of policy, 351;
effect on Federalist Party, 355-57, 361;
Jefferson's attempt to undo effect, 359-61, 368;
effect of dispatches in Europe, 363;
Talleyrand's demand on Gerry for the X. Y. Z. names, 364, 366;
M.'s fear of Gerry's stay, 365;
Adams and M.'s journal, 366;
Gerry's defense, M. and question of rejoinder, 367-69;
Giles's sneer and Bayard's answer (1802), =3=, 77, 80.
Yates, Joseph C., on Livingston steamboat monopoly, =4=, 406.
Yazoo lands,
Rutledge on (1802), =3=, 88;
and Chase impeachment, 174;
sale act (1795), graft, 546-50;
provisions, 550, 551;
popular denunciation of act, 551, 559-62;
and Indian titles, 552, 569, 570, 592;
earlier grant, 554;
character of second companies, 554;
and invention of cotton gin, 555, 556;
matter before first congresses, 560, 569, 570;
repeal of grant, theatricalism, 562-66;
Hamilton's opinion on validity of titles, 562, 563;
resale, "innocent purchasers" and property rights, 566, 578-80, 586,
588-90, 598;
National interest, pamphlets, 570-72;
and cession of Georgia's Western claim, 574;
report of Federal Commission, 574;
claim before Congress, Randolph's opposition, 574-83, 595-602;
memorial of New England Mississippi Company, 576;
popular support of Randolph, 581;
obstacles to judicial inquiry, 583;
friendly suit, Fletcher _vs._ Peck before Circuit Court, 583, 584;
case before Supreme Court, first hearing, 585;
question of collusion, Johnson's separate opinion, 585, 592, 601;
second hearing, 585;
M.'s opinion, 586-91;
legality of grant, effect of corruption, 587, 598, 599;
unconstitutionality of repeal, impairment of obligation of
contracts, 590, 591;
attitude of Administration, 592;
importance of opinion, 593-95, 602;
congressional denunciation of opinion, 595-601;
popular support of denunciation, 599;
local influences on settlement, 601;
settlement, 602.
York, Me., and Ratification, =1=, 341.
Young, Daniel, and disestablishment in New Hampshire, =4=, 230 _n._
Zubly, John J., denounced by Chase, =3=, 185 _n._
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